Szymon Idzikowski joined the Abu Dhabi Commercial Bank (ADCB) in January 2015 to lead the 3rd party fund selection and co-manage discretionary client investment portfolios. He is a lead fund manager of ADCB Target Date Funds and ADCB Multi-Asset Funds.

There are three major factors driving the market and forecasts of future returns: demographics, globalization and global growth. We see aging demographics across the world which will serve as a drag on the economy. Globalization peaked around 2010 and its decline will ultimately moderate the pace of global growth. This portends lower investment yields in the coming decade. “If I look on the IMF forecast, growth is only going to continue to moderate [due to globalization and demographics] and debt that companies and governments have built.

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