Global Sustainable Outcomes, and how Covid-19 could change the world for ever

We talk to portfolio manager Pauline Grange about global equities and investing in companies which aim to address the world’s biggest environmental and social challenges.
Bronwyn Curran

Georgina Hellyer

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.
Summer slumber soothes markets

Our fixed income team provide their weekly snapshot of market events.
Are markets ahead of the economy and should they be?

Global investors underappreciate the changing behaviour of Japanese companies, which has made them more resilient and well positioned to benefit from global reflation.
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.
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.
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.
Weighing up potential market impacts from the coronavirus

As the virus outbreak spreads well beyond China, it is hard to forecast exactly what the economic impact will be, but it’s safe to say that consumption and supply will be significantly affected