Market Monitor – 21 January 2022

Global stock markets have enjoyed mixed fortunes this week as the Omicron variant continues to spread around the world.
Losing your fragility – rise of the robots

Discover how COVID-19 is accelerating automation across a host of industries and where we’re finding investment opportunities.
US equities: three themes to watch in a discriminating year

2022 will be a new year in more ways than one. After more than a decade of monetary stimulus, the US Federal Reserve has signaled that it will raise interest rates and reduce support for the economy and asset prices.
Investment Outlook 2022 with William Davies

Deputy Global CIO and CIO EMEA, William Davies, talks about what the coming year might bring for companies, markets and fiscal policy.
Emerging market equities: identifying the key long-term trend

As we enter 2022 we can expect robust fundamentals to serve as a key tailwind for emerging markets.
Investment team updates – Bullet points 7 January 2022

Latest news from around the investment desks.
Balancing act – India’s journey to net zero

COP26 saw India commit to achieving net zero by 2070. We explore its proposed route and the challenges it faces.
Monetary policy and the yield curve

Ed Al-Hussainy, Senior Rates and Currency Analyst, looks at how monetary policy is set to become less supportive in 2022 and what this means for interest rates and the yield curve.
Outlook 2022: a year of considerable change

Deputy Global CIO and CIO EMEA, William Davies, talks about what the coming year might bring for companies, markets and fiscal policy.
Less bezzle, more sparkle in the UK!

In 2021, investing in UK equities began to feel a little less lonely. The FTSE 100 index rose by more than 10% for the year by early December and UK companies resumed dividend payments after the pandemic-induced economic freeze in early 2020 when all hope seemed extinguished.