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17 July 2025

Asset Allocation update - July 2025

The consensus view in financial markets is that tariffs are on a deescalating path, but uncertainty remains high and there is a risk of complacency.
14 July 2025

Simon Morton-Grant

Client Portfolio Manager

Daisuke Nomoto

Global Head of Japanese Equities

Clear skies ahead: Japan's structural renaissance

Corporate reform, economic stability and attractive valuations create a compelling entry point to Japanese equities. We explain why and argue the case for an active approach.
14 July 2025

Anthony Willis

Senior Economist

Market Perspectives: The tariffs Wheel of Fortune continues to spin

Tariffs are once again dominating headlines, with plenty of new rates being announced by the White House.
8 July 2025

Anthony Willis

Senior Economist

Market Perspectives: 2025 half time report – where to next?

H1 2025 was marked by significant market volatility thanks to economic and geopolitical uncertainties, particularly around US tariff policies.
1 July 2025

Joe Horrocks-Taylor

Vice President, Sustainable Research

Electric Vehicle transition: poised to move through the gears

With cost parity on the horizon, we expect the adoption of electric vehicles to accelerate. We explore the key drivers and related investment opportunities.
30 June 2025

Anthony Willis

Senior Economist

Market perspectives: What a difference a week makes

It has been another extraordinary week of geopolitical developments with the backdrop considerably more benign than a week ago thanks to a tentative ceasefire between Israel and Iran.
27 June 2025

David Egan

Senior Research Analyst

Market jitters miss the bigger AI picture

As investors navigate a slower growth, policy-fragmented environment, AI stands out as a long-term theme with the potential to deliver durable growth and broad-based opportunity across the value chain.
26 June 2025

Resilient European High Yield market looks beyond tariff uncertainty

We cannot ignore the dominant themes impacting markets across the world, but a resilient and supported European marketplace is well placed to prosper in these challenging times.
23 June 2025

Anthony Willis

Senior Economist

Market perspectives: Will the resilience of financial markets be undone by escalating geopolitical risks?

Investors continue to closely follow events in the Middle East – most recently the US’s strikes on three Iranian nuclear sites.
19 June 2025

Asset Allocation update - June 2025

Financial markets continue to display confidence that the trade war remains on a de-escalating path, even as the deadline for ‘trade deals’ to be agreed with the US moves into focus.
18 June 2025

A bitter pill: what tariffs could mean for pharmaceutical firms and the wider healthcare industry

Although a drive to onshore manufacturing of pharmaceuticals is admirable, there could be some unintended consequences around price, availability and global relations.
16 June 2025

Dara White

Global Head of Emerging Market Equities

Krishan Selva

Client Portfolio Manager

Navigating the fog of tariffs in emerging market equities

Trade tensions continue to dominate headlines, despite the various 90-day reprieves. Relations between the US and China are clearly evolving.

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