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Mozamil Afzal

Mozamil Afzal

Mozamil Afzal is the Global CIO of NPI Asset Management and the CEO of NPI Asset Management (UK). He is Chairman of the EFGAM Asset Allocation Committee, and has overall supervisory responsibility for the investment process.

He joined NPI Private Bank in 1994, and was appointed as a director and CIO of NPI Private Bank Limited in March 2003 and as a director of NPI Asset Management Limited in January 2000.

During his tenure at EFG, Mozamil has held a number of roles and has been responsible for the management of a series of fixed income funds and portfolios as well as holding supervisory roles in a number of multi-manager hedge and equity funds as well as managing portfolios for Retail, Professional and Institutional Clients. Mozamil was responsible for the integration and absorption of the NPI Asset Management Limited business into NPI Private Bank Limited as well as the integration of the asset management business acquired in 2005.

Prior to joining NPI he was an analyst in the Macro-economic Policy Division at HM Treasury. Mozamil holds a BSc Hons Degree in Mathematics from Middlesex University and an MBA from Aston University.

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Investment Insights • Inview

Monthly global house view & investment perspectives

Markets paused in August following the strong rally seen in the first seven months of 2023. The MSCI World index lost 2.6% in August but nonetheless ended the month 14.9% higher than at the end of last year. The equity market sell-off occurred as long bond yields rose, with the US 10-year Treasury yields climbing above 4.3% for the first time since 2007. The increase in US bond yields relative to European yields supported the US dollar which also benefited from increased investor risk aversion.

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Investment Insights • Inview

Monthly global house view & investment perspectives

After a strong June, markets enjoyed another positive month in July with the MSCI World index rising around 2% over the month. Global equities have now returned more than 16% year-to-date and are close to recouping the losses experienced in 2022. Fixed income markets also mostly registered positive returns in July. The Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate index was up about 1% for the month, though the year-to-date returns are significantly more muted than equities at just over 2%.

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