Investment team updates – bullet points 19 June
Find the latest key market updates, regarding the following asset classes: Fixed income, European equities, US equities, Japanese equities, Global equities, Multi-asset.
Investment team updates – bullet points 12 June
Find the latest key market updates, regarding the following asset classes: Fixed income, European equities, US equities, Japanese equities, Global equities, Multi-asset.
Stock markets: Looking ahead
What bear markets and bull rebounds can teach us about how the stock market works, and how we may navigate current and future market contractions.
Market Monitor – 5 June 2020
Global stock markets extended their recent gains this week with investors focusing on positive news as economies in Europe and North America begin to emerge from their Covid-19 lockdowns.
Market Monitor – 29 May 2020
The easing of lockdown restrictions in Europe and the US has fuelled another week of significant stock market gains. Investors apparently believe that the coronavirus-driven global recession may not be as deep or long-lasting as originally feared.
Investment team updates – bullet points 01 May
Investment team updates – bullet points 01 May
Investment grade credit: how cheap are credit spreads?
From the middle of February to late March was one of the worst periods of performance for risk markets in general and for investment grade (IG) credit in particular. This was in response to the Covid-19 crisis and was marked by both the speed and extent of the spread widening.
Dismal data and downgrades continue
Our fixed income team provide their weekly snapshot of market events.
Market Monitor – 15 May 2020
The recent stock market rally started to run out of steam this week as fears over the scale of the coming coronavirus-driven global recession began to deepen. Markets all over the world ended Thursday’s trading well into negative territory for the week thanks to fresh concern about a second wave of infections and questions over whether governments and central banks will be able to continue to support economies during a protracted recovery period.
Market Monitor – 7 May 2020
How quickly the global economy can return to some semblance of normality as coronavirus lockdown restrictions are eased is perhaps the key question facing investors at present.
