European equities are facing “two major challenges”, namely declining economic and earnings momentum, which are likely to prolong underperformance versus US equities, according to DBS’s CIO, Hou Wey Fook. Year-to-date, European equities have lagged their US peers, with MSCI Europe heading south by 1.86% compared MSCI USA’s 0.63% downturn. The Singaporean bank expects this trend to continue into the second…