Life below zero – dealing with negative interest rates

The views that our Chief Investment Officer Asoka Wöhrmann expresses in the April issue of the new CIO View carry a lot of weight: He and his colleagues at Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management manage client assets totaling 1.04 trillion euros (as of December 31, 2014).

His nine positions are:

• China’s growth will not decelerate in 2016.
• The U.S. Federal Reserve is ready, but not yet willing to change course.
• Japan’s central bank does not achieve its target inflation rate.
• Russia’s economy is shrinking.
• U.S.-dollar parity with the euro to be reached at the beginning of 2016.
• Thanks to the ECB’s quantitative easing (QE), periphery bonds remain preferred.
• A low-interest-rate environment benefits high yield.
• In a volatile year, the DAX can overshoot our price target.
• Asset allocation of our balanced model portfolio for clients based in Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA):
  Fixed income: 49 %
  Equities: 40 %
  Alternatives: 10 %
  Commodities: 1 %

Also in CIO View:

• Focus: Life below zero – dealing with negative interest rates. 
• The big picture: our forecasts until March 2016. 
• Investment traffic lights: our tactical and strategic view on different asset classes.
• Portfolio: interview with Stéphane Junod, Regional Chief Investment Officer for Wealth Management. 
• Alternatives portfolio: interview with Mark G. Roberts – Head of Real Estate Strategy and Research. 

You can also download CIO View on http://www.DeutscheAWM.com. 

For more information please contact:
Carlos Cancino
Press contact Deutsche Asset & Wealth Management Nordic
Mob: 46 768 36 98 73
Epost: carlos.cancino@konsensus.se

Maik Rodewald
Tel. 49 69 910 14553
Epost: maik.rodewald@db.com

Sabina Díaz Duque
Tel: 49 69 910 14177
Epost: sabina.diaz-duque@db.com  

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