Global Equities: how the team is sticking to process during the Covid-19 crisis
Portfolio Manager Scott Woods talks about how the team are operating from home, ongoing conversations with companies, and how he’s adapting portfolios to market moves.
Market Updates: Uk Equities, European Equities, Fixed Income and Multi-asset
We roundup the latest investment team updates in the above fields.
Covid-19: what exactly is going viral?
The coronavirus outbreak is extremely complex, with the fear of the virus so far seemingly greater than its actual impact. The economic consequences, however, are very real.
Coronavirus: Earthquakes, aftershocks and recovery
Aftershocks are a frequent and disruptive result of an earthquake caused by the displacement effects of the main shock. While alarming themselves, they are often a reasonably predictable outcome of the main event. Large earthquakes can have hundreds of aftershocks. While there are familiar patterns to the distribution and magnitude of aftershocks, there can be surprises. However, they typically tend to decline in magnitude and frequency with time.
European equities: Coronavirus market volatility – performance update
Markets are very weak and volatile, as you would expect with such uncertainty around the Covid-19 outbreak.
Global equities: Coronavirus market volatility – performance update
Concerns around coronavirus have been felt in global equity markets for more than a month now. However, things escalated last week, with the steep sell-off in oil further compounding fear around the recessionary impact of the virus.
US Equities: Coronavirus market volatility – performance update
Our US Equities team look at how their markets have reacted to the developing Covid-19 situation, and what the impact on portfolios might be.
Recession risks: Coronavirus + oil shock + what else?
To begin with, supply was the concern, but now demand is at risk. What is without doubt is that recession risks are elevated.Recession
Coronavirus: Earthquakes, aftershocks and recovery
Aftershocks are a frequent and disruptive result of an earthquake caused by the displacement effects of the main shock. While alarming themselves, they are often a reasonably predictable outcome of the main event. Large earthquakes can have hundreds of aftershocks. While there are familiar patterns to the distribution and magnitude of aftershocks, there can be surprises. However, they typically tend to decline in magnitude and frequency with time.
UK equities: Coronavirus market reaction
Our UK equity team talk about the latest market impacts of the coronavirus, what sectors have been affected, and how we are positioning ourselves.
