Global investors at risk from low quality assets, warns IIF
Tokyo
LAST October, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned investors in unusually blunt terms against pouring money into global stock and bond markets under the "illusion of liquidity", and that financial markets could be headed for a bust. Now, another major financial institution has added its voice to the warnings.
Investors are confronted with a fundamental "asset-liability mismatch", owing to low interest rates and a shortage of high quality assets, according to the Wash…
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