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Country-specific risk factors becoming more important in H2 2017: Allianz

Angela Tan

Angela Tan

Published Thu, Jul 20, 2017 · 09:50 PM

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COUNTRY-SPECIFIC risk factors, rather than global macroeconomic news, will become more important to asset-allocation strategies for the rest of 2017.

In its midyear outlook report issued on Thursday, Allianz Global Investors says the global economy has been in a cyclical "sweet spot" for more than a year. But now, actively differentiating between regions and countries will become more important for investors.

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