Three quarters (75 percent) of institutional investors believe the impact of a British exit from the European Union would be negative, including 18 percent who believe it would be extremely so, according to a recent survey undertaken by NN Investment Partners.*

UK Prime Minister David Cameron announced this week that June 2016 has been earmarked as a potential time for the referendum on Brexit to take place.

Valentijn van Nieuwenhuijzen, head of strategy, multi-asset at NN Investment Partners, said:  “A surprisingly high one in five (20 percent) investors believe that a Brexit is likely; although nearly half (48 percent) do not think it is. The rest are undecided. Time will tell, but I have a feeling the markets’ angst over this will rise as we approach June 2016.” 

* Findings of NN Investment Partners’ own research carried out in a survey by Citigate Dewe Rogerson amongst 120 international institutional investors in July 2015

CME Group, the world's leading and most diverse derivatives marketplace, says it will launch seven-year and 20-year US Dollar Deliverable Swap Futures (DSF) on September 28, 2015. 

By Valentijn van Nieuwenhuijzen, Head of Multi-Asset at NN Investment Partners

Talk about a currency war, doubts about Chinese policymakers’ credibility and worries over the Chinese economic slowdown and its ripple effects have ignited risk aversion among investors. 

The declines in Western stock markets have been a knee-jerk reaction in thin summer trading, says John Chatfeild-Roberts, head of the Jupiter Independent Funds Team. In a just-issued short note, he comments on events in China and suggests where to find value once the dust has settled.

US Corporate Bond Trading Technology Update: The End of the Beginning is a new report from Celent, authored by Brad Bailey, a research director with its Capital Markets practice.

To remain competitive in today's financial advice industry, broker-dealers must recalibrate their relationships with their advisors to according to a white paper released today by Pershing LLC, part of the BNY Mellon group.

Why Teams Are the Client of the Future for Broker-Dealers points out that changes in the advisor-client of the modern broker-dealer present different challenges and opportunities that broker-dealers must navigate.

Speaking on the current market volatility, Valentijn van Nieuwenhuijzen, Head of Multi-Asset at NN Investment Partners, says: "In the aftermath of the shocking devaluation of the Chinese currency, markets remained focussed on fragility in the broader emerging market complex.