The Week: The Fed tightens rates, but do money markets share its optimism?
As the Fed hikes rates once again, and predicts more rises this year and next, the yield curve continues to flatten.
Adviser-Hub 27th Sep 2018
Active or passive: the right strategy for your firm and your clients
In an age where IFAs increasingly look to partner with online investment management services to combat robo creep, the question remains, active or passive – which strategy is right for your firm...
Video: European equities H2 outlook: valuation support & record discounts
Rob Burnett explains why, given the recent market stresses in Europe, the absolute and relative return potential is strong. Watch here
Adviser-Hub 26th Sep 2018
Financial advisers are under-engaging with HNW clients
A new report from Oppenheimer and global research firm CoreData Research suggests advisers are missing an opportunity to build long-term relationships with families as wealth transitions across genera...
Adviser-Hub 25th Sep 2018
Market briefings looking back at August
The below selection of articles have been written by our expert investment writers and cover the markets looking back through August. Asia Japan markets review A new Prime Minister for Austral...
Adviser-Hub 20th Sep 2018
The point of impact
Stephanie Sotiriou, senior investment manager and ethical specialist at TAM Asset Management, talks to Adviser-Hub about impact investing and how advisers should position with clients. Wh...
The Week: As the China/US trade war escalates, what will bring it to an end?
The US/China trade war accelerated again this week.
Video: Kung-Fu and swimming with sharks
To deliver better outcomes for clients, Fidelity Multi Asset draws on the team’s length and breadth of experience with a focus on fundamental research. Individuals with very diverse backgrounds work t...
Fidelity International 19th Sep 2018
The Week: The pace of change
A messy week in the retail sector should remind investors that structural change is a prolonged and difficult process.
Adviser-Hub 13th Sep 2018
Video: Emerging markets: Will dollar strength derail the recovery?
Ewan Thompson explains why dollar strength is an important indicator for emerging markets, which have weathered the recent volatility well.
Adviser-Hub 11th Sep 2018
Fidelity International | Kung-fu and swimming with sharks
Fidelity International 7th Sep 2018
The Week: What does good diversification look like?
Diversification used to be easy. Investors just had to mix equities and bonds. Not so today, as the influence of passive funds and monetary policy weighs on markets.
Adviser-Hub 6th Sep 2018
S&P 500 achieves its longest-ever bull run
August 2018 The S&P 500 Index achieved its longest bull market in history, superseding the previous record of 3,452 days that was set during the technology boom of the early noughties. The US r...
Adviser-Hub 5th Sep 2018
Consumer confidence dips in Europe
August 2018 Share prices dipped across European markets at the end of August following the news that consumer confidence in the eurozone had posted a sharp drop. According the European Commission (...
US yield curve flattens
August 2018 As the US yield curve has continued to flatten, some officials at the Federal Reserve (Fed) are monitoring its trajectory for evidence of economic downturn. In the past, narrowing sprea...
Brexit affects investor sentiment
August 2018 Gilt yields declined during most of August, but rallied towards the end of the month amid speculation that BoE Governor Mark Carney might be requested to stay on beyond the end his term...
Brexit concerns intensify
August 2018 Amid mounting fears that the UK might have to exit the EU without a deal, the pound wobbled during August, dipping below US$1.27 against the US dollar for the first time in over a year....
UK equity yields rise in August
August 2018 UK equity markets declined during August as investor sentiment was undermined by escalating concern that Brexit might actually take place without the UK and EU reaching a deal. The yiel...
Global update: What's next for Nafta?
Trade talks took a fresh turn during August as the US and Canada failed to reach agreement over the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta).
A tough month for emerging markets
August 2018 Emerging markets generally fell during August, undermined by an increasingly hawkish US central bank, a strengthening US dollar and unease over escalating trade tensions. The Turkish li...
A new Prime Minister for Australia
August 2018 The share prices of larger companies performed better than their medium-sized counterparts during August. Over the month as a whole, the Nikkei 225 Index rose by 1.4%, while the Topix I...
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