No more bad news should be good news in 2023
After a dismal year for markets, William Davies gives his thoughts on risks and opportunities in the market as we head into 2023. While there is plenty to be cautious about, a repeat of 2022 seems unlikely.
Q2 2022 repo update
The combination of a rate hiking cycle, inflationary pressures and recessionary concerns all served to make the second quarter of 2022 a perfect storm of volatile markets and reduced liquidity. Commodities continued to outperform as the war in Ukraine persists, with little end in sight and an associated severe reduction in export volumes.
Solutions Enhanced: Capital Market Assumptions 2022 Making a transition
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.
Solutions in 2022: a defining time for inflation and ESG
As inflation runs hot and interest in ESG impacts rises, there is a fundamental shift in our institutional and sub-advisory clients’ needs. We expect allocations to alternative risk assets, and to assets with positive environmental impacts, to increase.
Is the bond broken?
An allocation to government bonds within a multi-asset portfolio has traditionally played a vital role in terms of risk management and diversification. But with a decade-long bull era in both government bonds and equities, is this assumption still valid?
Global Perspectives 2021
In 2020 we experienced the extraordinary, in the form of the Covid-19 pandemic that challenged individuals, families, companies, governments and investment markets around the world.
In this series of outlooks from our leading investment experts, we look at how markets and economies have been impacted by the pandemic, and what the future holds for the next 12 months.
Solutions in 2021: adapting to a new normal
In unprecedented times, clients are struggling to build well-diversified portfolios, as well as grappling with the rising cost of guarantees and management of very expensive liabilities. After depending on fixed income diversification for decades, they must find new ways to hedge their exposures while growing assets.
CIO EMEA outlook 2021 – knowns and unknowns after a tumultuous year
Covid-19 vaccines, lockdowns and equities
With the Covid-19 case count rising rapidly across the United States and Europe, the immediate economic outlook associated with renewed lockdowns is turning darker.
What the US election means for markets… and what it doesn’t!
The election cycle will increase short-term volatility, but we don’t believe it will have much influence on market averages over the long term.
