As we move into the 2020’s, it’s worth delving once more into the relationship between the performance of Emerging Market (EM) equities and their economies. There persists a view that investors buy or sell EM… Read the article
As we look ahead to 2020, the US Presidential election is now seen as the most significant tail risk for markets. In this month’s video, Investment Director, Ritu Vohora looks at what the wide range… Read the article
Analysing the ‘energy transition’ involves confronting many paradoxes:
China is the world’s largest generator of wind power, and is home to over one third of the global installed base. Yet, it is also building as… Read the article
Is the future still electric for cars?
Watching Hollywood films from the 1980s that depicted the future, nearly all seemed to show people driving in electric cars. Here we are today in the year 2020, and sceptism still remains as to when… Read the article
Victory, actually?
Following one of the most divisive UK General Election campaigns in recent memory, a weary electorate heads to the polls. With traditional party loyalties being tested, the outcome is far from certain. Investment Specialist, Kirsty… Read the article
Something has to give in the oil market
As investors move on from concerns around oil supply constraints following the recent Saudi oil attacks, oil market commentators are forecasting a large supply-demand imbalance in the other direction in 2020 with supply growth from… Read the article
How resilient is the world’s oil production?
On 14 September 2019, Saudi Arabia suffered a drone attack targeting the Abqaiq crude oil processing facility and the nearby Khurais oil field. Described as ‘the heart of Saudi production’, Abqaiq processes c.7 million barrels… Read the article
After half a century of post-war global trade integration, where we witnessed an increase in the total trade of goods and services from 39% of global GDP in 1990 to 61% in Read the article
On 18 June 2019, Facebook launched project Libra alongside 27 partners including e-commerce marketplace eBay, media services provider Spotify, transport network companies Uber and Lyft, and payment companies such as Mastercard, PayPal and Visa. According… Read the article
The evolution of geopolitical risks
Geopolitical risks appear to be a recurring theme impacting global markets and can have a significant influence on the short and medium term direction of asset prices. ‘Political risk’ and ‘geopolitical risk’ are terms often… Read the article
The last week of June saw the conclusion of an eight month boardroom battle at LIXIL, one of Japan’s largest building material and equipment businesses. The outcome – the return of ousted former… Read the article
The changing face of investing: a brief history
The investment industry has gone through a myriad of changes since the turn of the 20th century, fuelled by innovation, technology, regulatory changes and evolving investor preferences.… Read the article
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