Analyst Survey 2021 - Counting down the days
Each year we survey our analyst team across the globe to take the pulse of the corporate landscape. Unlike many other top-down macro surveys, the research starts at the bottom-up, aggregating individu...
Fidelity International 31st Mar 2021
Sustainable investing
Active engagement is at the heart of our approach to sustainable investing. We believe it is the most effective way to influence corporate behaviour, build a more sustainable future and, ultimately...
Asian equities: Flows vs friction
Paras Anand, CIO of Asset Management, Asia Pacific sets out the case for why growth opportunities in post-pandemic Asia are positioned to propel a long-term boom in equity capital markets. The region...
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Our Sustainable family of funds
These funds are built on our core approach to sustainable investing, with an enhanced sustainable investing framework based on three pillars in order to deliver outcomes with a specific focus on su...
The Week: Why didn’t Deliveroo deliver?
Deliveroo’s IPO fell flat in early trading: it may be a temporary blip.
Adviser-Hub 31st Mar 2021
Fidelity International | Our approach to sustainable investing
Focused on long-term sustainable outcomes, our approach to sustainable investing is based on three key pillars: corporate engagement, collaboration and integrated sustainability analysis. Watch our sh...
Picking the right sustainable fund: three questions to ask
There is more choice than ever for those that want to invest with purpose. There will be vanilla ESG funds, through to highly specialised impact or thematic funds.
Adviser-Hub 30th Mar 2021
Fixed Income Spotlight: Emerging markets
Our fixed income investment team debate the outlook and opportunities across emerging markets and specifically China. While 2020 was certainly an eventful year, with aggregate valuations relatively at...
Fidelity International 29th Mar 2021
The great fiscal pivot
The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated numerous pre-existing macroeconomic trends, including a dramatic rise in global debt. Our global macro and strategic asset allocation team examines the primary dr...
Fidelity International 28th Mar 2021
The Week: Lessons from a veteran investor
James Anderson’s may be leaving Baillie Gifford in April next year, but the investment philosophy he has put in place looks set to thrive long after his departure.
Adviser-Hub 25th Mar 2021
Is your ESG manager any good?
One of the thorniest issues for advisers has been how to measure ESG, impact or sustainable fund performance and then explain that performance clearly to clients.
Adviser-Hub 24th Mar 2021
Global bond market review: Global bond sell-off in February
Global bond yields surged during February as hopes over economic recovery and speculation over rising inflationary pressures prompted investors to sell off global bonds.
Adviser-Hub 22nd Mar 2021
Europe market review: Economic confidence improves in Europe
Former President of the European Central Bank (ECB) Mario Draghi took the helm of Italy’s government during February.
Asian Japan market review: Nikkei reaches 30-year closing high
Japan’s economy expanded by 3% year on year during the final quarter of 2020, having grown by 5.3% in the previous quarter.
Market briefings looking back at February
A selection of articles, written by our expert investment writers that cover the markets looking back through February.
A year in a bubble
In recent weeks, Google search trends for the phrase “stock market bubble” have reached record levels. Fidelity Global Special Situations Fund Portfolio Manager Jeremy Podger shares his...
Fidelity International 19th Mar 2021
Fidelity International | Fidelity’s Analyst Survey 2021
Our annual Analyst Survey canvases Fidelity’s 140 sector experts globally for a detailed picture of how they expect to see their companies perform in the coming year. Fidelity’s Global Head of Researc...
The Week: Are there any silver linings for commercial property?
From Brexit to Covid to ecommerce and agile working, there have been a litany of problems for the commercial property sector. Could there be better times ahead?
Adviser-Hub 18th Mar 2021
UK bond market review: Letting the inflationary cat out of the bag?
Gilt prices fell and yields rose following the announcement of a gradual lifting of Covid-19 restrictions as investors considered the likelihood that inflationary pressures will start to build and the...
Analyst Survey 2021: Race is on to achieve net zero
European companies are leading the way to net zero, according to our global survey of Fidelity International analysts. But with sustainability continuing to climb the agenda in North America and elsew...
Fidelity International 18th Mar 2021
China takes a breather
Chinese equities have been caught in the storm of the reflation trade, with rising US real rates putting pressure on equity market valuations. While this dynamic may continue in the near-term, we outl...
Fidelity International 17th Mar 2021
US market review: Rising speculation over inflation
Having reached a fresh all-time high in the middle of February, the technology-rich Nasdaq Index fell towards the end of the month.
Adviser-Hub 16th Mar 2021
UK equity income market review: Banks resume dividend payouts
During February, investment sentiment was buoyed by significant progress in the UK’s vaccination programme, followed by confirmation that lockdown measures are set to be eased from March onwards.
UK equity market review: The end of lockdown beckons
UK investor sentiment was boosted in February by evidence that the UK’s Covid-19 vaccination programme is progressing well: more than 20 million people had received their first jab by the end of the m...
The right tools: is it possible to build a balanced ESG portfolio?
Just in case anyone still thought that ESG was a fad, 2020 showed otherwise.
Market View: A year in a bubble
As Google search trends for “stock market bubble” reach record levels, Fidelity Global Special Situations Fund Portfolio Manager Jeremy Podger examines the current state of markets
Fidelity International 12th Mar 2021
Baillie Gifford | Manager Insights
Hear from Steven Hay and Iain McCombie, investment managers from Baillie Gifford’s Managed Fund, as they reflect on 2020 and look forward to what’s to come.
Baillie Gifford 11th Mar 2021
The Week: The fixed income reckoning
The year has started badly for fixed income, but ultimately, it may bring greater opportunity as yields rise.
Adviser-Hub 10th Mar 2021
An acceleration of megatrends
Amid all the uncertainty of 2020, what does this mean for Baillie Gifford’s American Fund? Read the latest issue of Enlightenment, Baillie Gifford’s funds magazine.
Baillie Gifford 9th Mar 2021
Increase to the NMPA: a brief examination of the consultation paper
The Government has recently reaffirmed its intention to increase the normal minimum pension age (NMPA) from 55 to 57 from 6 April 2028. Paul Kennedy, FundsNetwork's tax expert, takes a look at some sa...
Fidelity Adviser Solutions 8th Mar 2021
The Week: Will listings shake-up draw businesses to the UK?
The Hill Review recommends changes to the UK listing rules. It may help shake off the fuddy-duddy reputation of UK markets.
Adviser-Hub 3rd Mar 2021
Global update: Concerns grow over inflation
Although most major equity indices ended February in positive territory, the month finished on a question-mark.
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