Covid-19: A pandemic with no precedent in a modern economy
The good-news stories and optimism of three months ago have been consigned to the bin, as the virus, lockdowns and economic bailouts take centre stage.
Pastures new: Asset Liability Management in today’s reporting environment
The methods that insurers use to report profit to shareholders and solvency to regulators have been changing. This is the result of new accounting standards and solvency capital regulation in many markets.
Investment team updates – bullet points 16 April
Investment team updates – bullet points 16 April
Why growth will trump value in the long grind of recovery
The swift and intense economic volatility caused by the Covid-19 crisis has left investors with something of a blind spot. Traditional business cycle analyses have no inputs for a global pandemic, making it hard to judge how to position portfolios for a market rebound.
10 factors that could change economies and markets forever
The Covid-19 crisis has challenged individuals, families, companies, governments and investment markets around the world. It is an experience that could fundamentally reshape consumer and corporate behaviour as well as financial markets. With that in mind, here are the 10 resulting trends to emerge from the Covid-19 crisis that I believe will change economies and markets forever.
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.
