Investment team updates – Market updates 1 April 2022

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Latest news from around the investment desks.

The digitalisation of everything

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Our daily lives are becoming increasingly digitalised. Read our perspective on the opportunities and challenges this profound shift presents to businesses and some of the companies well placed to benefit.

Emerging markets: volatility doesn’t disrupt the process

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Following the recent challenging period we felt it prudent to communicate our views. Since the end of Q321 our Emerging Markets Opportunity strategy has experienced volatile performance, coinciding with considerable market volatility. We have made mistakes and we feel the market is making mistakes too.

Market Monitor – 25 March 2022

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Global stock markets have enjoyed a more or less positive week as investors have once again been happy to focus on whatever good news they can find.

CIO outlook: market volatility, oil and interest rates

Middling growth, markets unnerved

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has put markets on edge. With a high level of uncertainty and rising commodity prices, will central banks change their plans on rate increases?

Covid-19 index: activity recovers as Omicron fades

Normal activities begin to resume as restrictions are lifted and masks come off.

Solutions Enhanced: Capital Market Assumptions 2022 Making a transition

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The end of 2021 saw a continuing reminder of the impact of coronavirus, inflation occurring in major economies, and the world waking up to the stark choices presented by the climate emergency. We set out the expectations for what all this could mean for investors over the next five years and in the longer run. These capital market assumptions form the base case we use when constructing strategic asset allocations for clients.

Market Monitor – 11 March 2022

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Stock markets around the world have endured another turbulent week, with fears about the economic impact of the war in Ukraine continuing to dominate sentiment.

Ukraine crisis: impacts on European markets

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We address the conflict in Ukraine in relation to European markets, where the impacts are being felt and the potential hit to European GDP.

Investment team updates – Market updates 4 March 2022

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Latest news from around the investment desks.