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Weekly Market Views: China’s consequential cheer

Read the latest market views from Premier Miton’s managed portfolio service investment team for the week commencing 23 September.

Premier Miton Investors 1st Oct 2024

Analysis & Opinion

China equities: staying the course with quality companies

FSSA Investment Managers continue to believe that there are pockets of growth to be found in China – even amid a slower economy.

FSSA Investment Managers 26th Sep 2024

Partner Zone

How much longer will the bust in Chinese housing last?

Much more decisive policy action is required if China is to start beating growth expectations again.

Schroders 24th Sep 2024

Analysis & Opinion

China: finding the new shoots of growth

International investors are sceptical, but Baillie Gifford believes that, below the surface, China’s government and companies are laying the foundations for the next growth phase.

Baillie Gifford 19th Sep 2024

Analysis & Opinion

Market view: Navigating China’s path to recovery

Dale Nicholls, portfolio manager of Fidelity China Special Situations PLC, believes opportunities are now emerging across a range of sectors which offer strong structural growth prospects at compel...

Fidelity International 29th Aug 2024

Partner Zone

The Investor's Guide to China podcast: Asia's bright spots

Portfolio managers at Fidelity returning from an annual gathering in China explore the themes that are galvanising investment ideas in the region.

Fidelity International 27th Aug 2024

Podcast

Fidelity International | The Investor's Guide to China podcast: Asia's bright spots

Portfolio managers at Fidelity returning from an annual gathering in China explore how three themes – AI, the energy transition, and shifting supply chains – are galvanising investment...

Fidelity International 20th Aug 2024

Partner Zone

Actively navigating EM equities

Ninety One’s Varun Laijawalla believes an active approach is imperative to investing in emerging markets, which he illustrates by relating to his team’s experiences of investing in two...

Ninety One 13th Aug 2024

Podcast

Ninety One | Actively navigating EM equities

Ninety One’s Varun Laijawalla believes an active approach is imperative to investing in emerging markets, which he illustrates by relating to his team’s experiences of investing in two...

Ninety One 8th Aug 2024

Partner Zone

Beyond China: exploring Asia's equity landscape

Capital Group equity portfolio manager Chris Thomsen discusses opportunities he is currently seeing across India, the Philippines, Vietnam and Indonesia.

Capital Group 8th Aug 2024

Analysis & Opinion

Market view: Beyond China: exploring Asia's equity landscape

Capital Group equity portfolio manager Chris Thomsen discusses opportunities he is currently seeing across India, the Philippines, Vietnam and Indonesia.

Capital Group 25th Jul 2024

Partner Zone

Can China continue its EV dominance?

Capital Group investment analyst Jason Zhang discusses the key characteristics that make China so dominant in the EV space and whether the country can maintain its leading position in the face of g...

Capital Group 24th Jul 2024

Analysis & Opinion

China’s clean technologies: the risks and opportunities of oversupply

Clean technology is good for the climate – but what happens when supply outpaces demand?

abrdn Investments 2nd Jul 2024

VIDEO

abrdn | China: Game over? Think again

Are China’s best years behind it? We don’t think so. Slower growth doesn’t mean no growth. We unpack some of the reasons why China will remain a contender for years to come.

abrdn Investments 28th Jun 2024

Partner Zone

Notes from the road: a new phase for China’s property market

Read Ninety One’s latest views following a recent research trip across China.

Ninety One 5th Jun 2024

Partner Zone

Should investors adapt their approach to investing in Chinese equities?

The increased popularity of standalone China allocations, and the launch of emerging markets ex-China strategies, has amplified the debate over how to allocate to Chinese equities. Schroders assess...

Schroders 10th May 2024

Analysis & Opinion

The Week: China: finally, a turnaround?

Few dispute the difficulties still facing the Chinese economy. However, they may not prevent a revival in the country’s stock market.

Adviser-Hub 1st May 2024

Partner Zone

Why China is an allocation still worth making

China is transitioning to a new growth model and, although ongoing headwinds may keep volatility elevated for some time, Fidelity believes an allocation to Chinese equities is still worth making.

Fidelity International 9th Apr 2024

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Could deflation end up being good news for Chinese equities?

Bad economic news could eventually become good news for Chinese equities if the rising risk of outright deflation prompts the authorities to take more aggressive fiscal and monetary action.

Schroders 21st Mar 2024

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Notes from the road: what hyper-competition means for China clean tech

Ninety One analyst Yunli Liu returns to his home country to see for himself what business conditions are like and to try to separate sentiment from fundamentals.

Ninety One 20th Mar 2024

Partner Zone

Fire or water – opportunities in China’s structural challenges

The dragon might not be breathing fire, but turn your back at your peril, according to Ninety One’s Iain Cunningham, Head of Multi Asset Growth.

Ninety One 21st Feb 2024

Analysis & Opinion

The Week: Not so magnificent?

Markets are becoming more discerning. Even some of the technology giants are being re-examined as the focus on fundamentals increases.

Adviser-Hub 7th Feb 2024

Analysis & Opinion

The Week: Prosperity in the year of the dragon?

As China welcomes its new year, will it bring better fortune for its stock market?

Adviser-Hub 1st Feb 2024

Analysis & Opinion

Major events for the year ahead

The trajectory of inflation and interest rates has dominated financial market movements over the past 12 months.

Adviser-Hub 15th Jan 2024

Podcast

Fidelity International | The Investor's Guide to China podcast: Transition materials

Fidelity’s local team explores the critical role of transition materials in developing and deploying clean energy technologies.

Fidelity International 5th Jan 2024

Analysis & Opinion

The Week: Tech or no tech in 2024?

Can big tech keep its crown in the year ahead? The recent rally may have started markets down a different path.

Adviser-Hub 3rd Jan 2024

Analysis & Opinion

China: structural and cyclical challenges present opportunities

Ninety One discusses some of the structural and cyclical aspects of China’s economy and why they currently see attractive investment opportunities in the region.

Ninety One 21st Dec 2023

Partner Zone

The rise of China revisited

China’s economic rise to the world’s second-largest economy has been spectacular and exerts substantial geopolitical influence in the current landscape.

Ninety One 8th Dec 2023

Podcast

Ninety One | The acceleration towards a multipolar world

Ninety One’s Philip Saunders argues that much of the current geopolitical malaise is the result of the rise of China – its scale, its ‘all-state’ characteristics, and Americ...

Ninety One 30th Nov 2023

Partner Zone

Electric vehicles in the fast lane

Will European consumers be interested in buying Chinese EVs, and will China’s automakers slash prices to grab market share?

Capital Group 30th Nov 2023

Partner Zone

The acceleration towards a multipolar world

Philip Saunders argues that much of the current geopolitical malaise is the result of the rise of China.

Ninety One 8th Nov 2023

VIDEO

China: is the recovery cancelled or postponed? – panel discussion video #1

China has been the engine of Asian growth, but now appears to be struggling: the reopening has been disappointing and there is now the real spectre of deflation. Can the Asian giant revive? Jupiter...

Adviser-Hub 20th Oct 2023

Analysis & Opinion

The Asian economic landscape

There are mixed reports on Asia’s economy today. On the one hand, there are fears that China’s weakness will depress the whole region. On the other, Asia’s economies appear to hav...

Adviser-Hub 17th Oct 2023

Analysis & Opinion

The Asian corporate sector

Asian stock market returns have been unexciting in recent years, held back by the region’s slow recovery from Covid, the relative weakness of China and also, the tough comparison set by the U...

Adviser-Hub 17th Oct 2023

Analysis & Opinion

The impact of a slowing China across Asia

China has been the engine of Asian growth since its entry into the World Trade Organisation in 2001. However, its economic grip is weakening

Adviser-Hub 10th Oct 2023

Market Updates

Global updates: Where next for the Fed?

Global equity markets generally weakened during September, dampened by uncertainties over US monetary policy, higher oil prices, and broader concerns about the global economic outlook.

Adviser-Hub 6th Oct 2023

Podcast

Schroders | Investor Download: what's driving the new space race?

The US, China and Russia are among 80 countries globally contesting the new space race – but why now and what do they want?

Schroders 26th Sep 2023

Podcast

abrdn | The cusp of a lost decade, is China at risk of Japanification?

abrdn’s Nick Robinson sits down with Bob Gilhooly to look at all things China.

abrdn Investments 26th Sep 2023

Partner Zone

Notes from the road

On a recent trip to China, 4Factor Analyst Alec So visited eight companies across five cities and walked away more optimistic about prospects for quality companies.

Ninety One 22nd Sep 2023

Market Updates

Global updates: China weighs on sentiment

Global equity markets generally declined during August as existing preoccupations over inflation and monetary policy were exacerbated by intensifying worries over the outlook for China.

Adviser-Hub 13th Sep 2023

Podcast

Schroders | Investor Download: are we witnessing China's "Lehman moment"?

Is this China’s “Lehman Brothers moment”? Schroders’ emerging markets economist David Rees discusses what's going on in China and whether it could be the country's &...

Schroders 6th Sep 2023

Analysis & Opinion

The Week: What’s going on in China?

After another dismal set of economic data, there are increasingly pressing concerns about the Chinese economy. Is sentiment now too pessimistic?

Adviser-Hub 17th Aug 2023

Partner Zone

Charting China’s sustainability journey

The results of our ESG Analyst Survey highlight that ESG factors are rising up the priority list for Chinese companies, although Asia’s largest economy still has ground to cover to keep pace...

Fidelity International 1st Aug 2023

Analysis & Opinion

Mapping the sustainable growth journey in China and Korea

Ninety One’s Juliana Hansveden and Yuxin Lin discuss the insights gained from their recent trip to...

Ninety One 25th Jul 2023

Analysis & Opinion

The Week: Who would be a central banker?

Inflationary pressures appear to be falling, but the outlook is still finely balanced.

Adviser-Hub 19th Jul 2023

Analysis & Opinion

The Week: The opportunities in smaller emerging markets

The strongest opportunities in emerging markets may be found off the beaten path, but how can investors get access?

abrdn Investments 22nd Jun 2023

Podcast

Ninety One | China’s self-sufficiency opportunity

In the second edition of our Quality podcast, the team looks at investment in China, and why - irrespective of ongoing tensions with the US - there are rising opportunities for quality businesses w...

Ninety One 15th Jun 2023

Analysis & Opinion

The Week: The new appeal of emerging markets

Emerging markets are winning some plaudits among investment managers. What lies behind their increasing popularity?

Adviser-Hub 24th May 2023

Analysis & Opinion

The Week: Is China’s recovery stalling?

A lot of hope has been vested in the Chinese recovery, but recent manufacturing data should give investors pause for thought.

Adviser-Hub 3rd May 2023

Podcast

Fidelity International | The Investor's Guide to China

Tech hardware and the 'Chip War'. As China reopens and supply chains adjust, how will the ‘Chip War’ affect the global tech hardware industry and consumer goods prices?

Fidelity International 6th Apr 2023

Analysis & Opinion

Fundamentals: What's next for China's fully charged electric vehicle battery makers?

What’s next for China’s fully charged electric vehicle battery makers? China's EV battery makers are facing overcapacity at home and increased competition abroad but that could be a...

Fidelity International 5th Apr 2023

Podcast

abrdn | Macro Bytes: China’s reopening rebound

Paul Diggle, Deputy Chief Economist, and Robert Gilhooly, Senior Emerging Markets Research Economist, discuss China’s move away from zero-Covid exploring the reasons for the abrupt policy shi...

abrdn Investments 3rd Apr 2023

Analysis & Opinion

The Week: Europe: the right option for a recovery?

Europe has lagged the US for almost a decade. However, it has shown real strength since the start of this year. Can it sustain this momentum?

Adviser-Hub 23rd Feb 2023

Podcast

Fidelity International | The Investor’s Guide to China podcast: China's reopening and supply chains

Fidelity’s locally based investment team discuss what China’s rapid reopening means for the economy, for markets, and for regional and global supply chains.

Fidelity International 22nd Feb 2023

Analysis & Opinion

The Week: Investors cash out in tough markets…again

Outflows from investment funds in 2022 show that investors are failing to learn the lessons from previous market downturns.

Adviser-Hub 9th Feb 2023

Analysis & Opinion

Cementing a greener future in China

Cement is one of the dirtiest industries for greenhouse gas emissions. Fidelity’s analysts have been engaging with a top Chinese cement producer to help them realise a greener path.

Fidelity International 2nd Feb 2023

Analysis & Opinion

Market view: Will Chinese equities hop ahead in the Year of the Rabbit?

As China prepares to welcome the Year of the Rabbit, Dale Nicholls, portfolio manager of Fidelity China Special Situations PLC, shares his latest views after a very tumultuous period for China'...

Fidelity International 19th Jan 2023

Market Updates

Global updates: Markets end 2022 on a negative note

Global equity markets ended 2022 in negative territory as investors took stock of a torrid year and looked ahead to the prospect of slowing global growth and persistent inflationary pressures.

Adviser-Hub 5th Jan 2023

Analysis & Opinion

The Week: Swing factors in the year ahead

The fallout from the Ukraine crisis and a hike in interest rates were the key factors in market direction in 2022. In the year ahead, active managers will be hoping for less macro and more micro.

Adviser-Hub 4th Jan 2023

Analysis & Opinion

The Week: Back to the race in China?

China's easing of its zero Covid policy may reverse the slowdown in the country's growth rate, but could it come with some unitended consequences?

Adviser-Hub 8th Dec 2022

Analysis & Opinion

The Week: An unpopular rally

The stock market has been on a bull run over the past two months, but investors don’t believe it can last.

Adviser-Hub 30th Nov 2022

Analysis & Opinion

Responding to volatility in Asian markets

In spite of a stronger economic outlook, Asian equities have tracked the ups and downs of global financial markets for the year to date.

Adviser-Hub 5th Oct 2022

Analysis & Opinion

Asian stockmarkets: looking ahead

Asian stock markets have not escaped the volatility seen in financial markets since the start of the year. Many of the patterns have been the same: a preference for value over growth, a focus on highe...

Adviser-Hub 26th Sep 2022

Analysis & Opinion

Can Asia side-step the world’s economic problems?

Growth is in short supply across the world as inflationary pressures weigh on spending. However, Asian economies are not experiencing the downturn in the same way: inflationary pressures are lower and...

Adviser-Hub 22nd Sep 2022

Analysis & Opinion

The Week: The global economy is teetering: why are markets ok about it?

Markets rallied in July in spite of some tough economic data. They are hoping weaker growth may force a change of heart from the Federal Reserve.

Adviser-Hub 10th Aug 2022

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Baillie Gifford | Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust - Manager Insights

Tom Slater, manager of the Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust, discusses the current environment, activity in China, and why it is imperative that we stick to our investment philosophy. Capital at ris...

Baillie Gifford 4th Jul 2022

Analysis & Opinion

The Week: Can the world avoid recession?

Recession appears to be inching closer as PMI data turns south and housing markets falter.

Adviser-Hub 30th Jun 2022

Analysis & Opinion

The Week: The China problem

China’s economic weakness has spooked markets, but is its weakness likely to be short or long term?

Adviser-Hub 19th May 2022

Market Updates

Global update: Inflation triggers concerns over growth

Investor sentiment was undermined during April by concerns over inflation, fears relating to the war in Ukraine, and worries about the wider economic impact of Covid outbreaks in China.

Adviser-Hub 5th May 2022

Analysis & Opinion

China's move to renewable energy

With China’s recent investment in solar power and renewable energy getting progressively cheaper, Baillie Gifford’s Calum Holt explores whether a greener world is achievable.

Baillie Gifford 20th Apr 2022

Analysis & Opinion

The Week: Government spending soars to $65 trillion

Global government spending has increased by a quarter over the pandemic. It’s a tough time to be in charge of the government’s purse strings.

Adviser-Hub 6th Apr 2022

Partner Zone

Fund update - Sustainable Asia Equity

Fidelity Sustainable Asia Equity Fund portfolio managers Dhananjay Phadnis and Flora Wang provide a fund update and outline how deep levels of corporate engagement is starting to deliver tangible resu...

Fidelity Adviser Solutions 10th Mar 2022

Analysis & Opinion

The Week: Emerging markets: all doom and gloom?

Emerging markets have been a tough place to invest for over a decade, particularly outside China. Today, there seem to be even more reasons to worry.

Adviser-Hub 23rd Feb 2022

Analysis & Opinion

The Week: Risk managers deliver a gloomy prognosis

The 2022 World Economic Forum Global Risks Report suggests a difficult few years ahead. Investors will need to lean in to these risks.

Adviser-Hub 3rd Feb 2022

Analysis & Opinion

Tiger, tiger!

With uncertainty hanging over markets, investors need to tread carefully in the Year of the Tiger. But as Ninety One’s investment professionals explain, there are abundant opportunities too.

Ninety One 27th Jan 2022

Analysis & Opinion

The Week: Jump in profit warnings suggests a tougher 2022

Omicron was barely getting started, but profit warnings had already started to rise in the final quarter of 2021. Supply chain problems were starting to bite.

Adviser-Hub 26th Jan 2022

Analysis & Opinion

The Week: China: does its recent weakness bring opportunities?

It’s been a horrible year for investors in China – and the most recent growth statistics brought little cheer. But might this bring opportunities?

Adviser-Hub 19th Jan 2022

Analysis & Opinion

The Week: An optimistic start to 2022

Markets have opened with a flourish – dismissing the new variant and inflationary pressures: should investors follow this new-found optimism?

Adviser-Hub 6th Jan 2022

Analysis & Opinion

The Week: A year on from vaccine liberation

The announcement of a successful vaccine in November 2020 prompted a significant rally in markets, but navigating markets in 2021 has been far more complex than just buying the recovery.

Adviser-Hub 11th Nov 2021

Market Updates

Global market review: Higher inflation for longer

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned that the world is facing inflationary pressures that will be “higher and longer than expected”.

Adviser-Hub 3rd Nov 2021

Analysis & Opinion

The Asia call: India and ASEAN

As media headlines focus on China’s evolving regulatory environment, Fidelity’s investment team takes a step back and focuses on the opportunity set across the broader region.

Fidelity International 29th Oct 2021

Analysis & Opinion

Commodities: all over or just beginning?

At the start of 2021, investment in the commodities and natural resources sector looked like a no-brainer. A decade of weakness had left prices low, while a sharp economic recovery and ambitious infra...

Adviser-Hub 18th Oct 2021

Market Updates

Global update: Gathering clouds

Investor sentiment during September was a hostage to concerns over faltering economic growth, rising inflation, surging energy prices, and an increasingly hawkish tone from central banks, compounded b...

Adviser-Hub 11th Oct 2021

Analysis & Opinion

The Week: Evergrande: China’s Lehman moment?

Is the imminent default of Chinese property developer Evergrande about to destabilise the wider economy? Or has the risk been overblown?

Adviser-Hub 22nd Sep 2021

Analysis & Opinion

The Week: Is the commodities super-cycle over already?

Commodities prices have been rolling over, particularly in the metals complex. Is the much-heralded commodities super-cycle a damp squib?

Adviser-Hub 15th Sep 2021

Analysis & Opinion

China

“A white knuckle ride” is how Dzmitry Lipski, head of funds research at Interactive Investor, described the performance of the Chinese stock market in the wake of a government crackdown on the nation’...

Adviser-Hub 1st Sep 2021

Analysis & Opinion

Five things to watch out for in the rest of 2021

The economic restart is well under way, with buoyant economic data emerging from most major economies. However, the world can only reopen once and we are entering the ‘post-restart’ era.

Adviser-Hub 20th Aug 2021

Market Updates

Global update: Investors rattled by Delta spread

Mounting inflationary pressures and the continued spread of the Delta coronavirus variant raised fresh questions over the outlook for economic recovery.

Adviser-Hub 6th Aug 2021

Analysis & Opinion

The Week: Will the second half of 2021 be as strong as the first?

It has been a cracking start to 2021 for investors, but eeking out gains in the second half of the year may be tougher.

Adviser-Hub 1st Jul 2021

Market Updates

Emerging markets review: Covid hampers emerging Asia’s recovery

Although China’s strong economy recovery is helping to support developing economies across Asia, lockdown-related restrictions are reducing domestic demand in many economies.

Adviser-Hub 14th Jun 2021

Analysis & Opinion

The Week: Boom times for the global economy

The global economy is flying, but with structural imbalances building, will its strength be reflected in markets?

Adviser-Hub 3rd Jun 2021

Market Updates

Emerging markets review: China eyes 6% GDP growth for 2021

Having scrapped its GDP target last May in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, China announced that it aims to achieve economic growth in excess of 6% in 2021.

Adviser-Hub 20th Apr 2021

Market Updates

Why this may be Asia’s century…and why it might not

The world is used to dancing to the US’s beat. The US has been economically, culturally and militarily dominant for much of the last sixty years. However, recent events have weakened its hand.

Adviser-Hub 19th Feb 2021

Market Updates

Emerging market review: China posts best quarterly growth for two years

China’s economy achieved its most rapid quarterly expansion for two years during the final three months of 2020, posting growth of 6.5% during the period.

Adviser-Hub 16th Feb 2021

Partner Zone

China, the West and the rest: progress on vaccine rollouts

Our health care analyst discusses the wide-ranging approaches taken by countries across the globe to vaccinate their populations and what that might mean for a global recovery - in health and in wealt...

Fidelity International 15th Feb 2021

Market Updates

The Week: Stock markets: a year since the crash

Even though markets have recovered since the crash in February 2020, they have held plenty of surprises for investors.

Adviser-Hub 10th Feb 2021

Market Updates

The Week: The new-found enthusiasm for emerging markets

Investors have been showing renewed interest in emerging markets. Is this the right way to play the reflation trade?

Adviser-Hub 4th Feb 2021

Market Updates

Emerging markets review: Investors welcome a Biden presidency

Share prices in China rose following the news of Joe Biden’s victory in the US Presidential election.

Adviser-Hub 15th Dec 2020

Market Updates

The Week: China’s century

Between the Covid-19 outbreak and the trade war, it looked like tough times ahead for China. The reality has been very different.

Adviser-Hub 18th Nov 2020

Market Updates

Emerging markets review: China’s recovery gains traction

China’s economy continued to rebound from the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Adviser-Hub 11th Nov 2020

Partner Zone

Sentiment improves again

Our regular survey of Fidelity’s analysts across the globe provides a unique bottom-up insight into corporate sentiment and the health of the global economy. This month's findings reveal that sentimen...

Fidelity International 3rd Nov 2020

Market Updates

Asia Japan market review: Australia tips into recession

As anticipated, Yoshihide Suga took office as Japan’s Prime Minister in September following the resignation of Shinzo Abe on the grounds of ill health. Mr Suga is widely expected to carry on with Mr A...

Adviser-Hub 14th Oct 2020

Market Updates

Global update: Rising infection levels knock sentiment

Share prices generally fell during September amid concerns over rising infection levels and their potential impact on economic activity. Investors’ worries were compounded by doubts over Brexit negoti...

Adviser-Hub 14th Oct 2020

Market Updates

Europe market review: A wake-up call for Europe?

Investor sentiment in Europe was dampened during September by an uptick in coronavirus infection rates across the region, and the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned that the news should be “a wake...

Adviser-Hub 14th Oct 2020

Market Updates

Emerging markets review: China’s recovery gains traction

Economic data released in September fuelled hopes that China’s post-Covid economic recovery might be gathering pace. Industrial production rose at its fastest rate since December.

Adviser-Hub 14th Oct 2020

VIDEO

Fidelity International | Inside Asia: The future of Asia

Fidelity China Special Situations PLC manager Dale Nicholls debates the role of China in the new global economic order. Guest speakers Dr Keyu Jin from the LSE and Fan Bao, Chairman and CEO of investm...

Fidelity International 12th Oct 2020

VIDEO

Fidelity International | Inside Asia: Can China succeed in climbing the value chain?

Fidelity’s Head of Equities, Ned Salter, technology analyst Tina Tian and healthcare analyst Yuanlin Lang discuss China’s drive to tech self-sufficiency and the opportunities that this is creating acr...

Fidelity International 6th Oct 2020

Market Updates

The Week: How is China faring in the wake of the Covid-19 outbreak?

Predictions for the demise of China may have been exaggerated. There are signs it is recovering fast.

Adviser-Hub 23rd Sep 2020

Market Updates

Emerging markets review: India’s economy contracts sharply

As the pandemic took its toll on economic activity, India’s economy contracted by 23.9% during the three months to the end of June.

Adviser-Hub 17th Sep 2020

Market Updates

US market review: Fed updates its inflation policy

The number of Covid-19 cases in the US rose to over six million during August, with more than 182,000 deaths recorded. Schools and colleges have been slow to reopen, and this is likely to affect consu...

Adviser-Hub 16th Sep 2020

Market Updates

The Week: Is there hope for friendless emerging markets?

With a low Dollar, low valuations and recovering economies, these should be buoyant times for emerging markets, but buyers are thin on the ground.

Adviser-Hub 10th Sep 2020

Partner Zone

What's driving the US-China tit-for-tat over TikTok?

The US decision to ban TikTok, an app owned by Chinese firm ByteDance, unless it is sold to an American firm is the latest development in US-China tensions. While ByteDance can thrive with or without...

Fidelity International 1st Sep 2020

Market Updates

Emerging markets review: China sidesteps recession

While other countries confirmed their slide into recession in July, China’s economy managed to buck the trend, notching up annualised growth of 3.2% in the second quarter after a first-quarter contrac...

Adviser-Hub 11th Aug 2020

Market Updates

Emerging markets review: Bleak outlook for Brazil

During June, the World Health Organisation (WHO) warned that the coronavirus pandemic had entered “a new and dangerous phase” as cases continued to surge in Brazil and the US.

Adviser-Hub 5th Aug 2020

Market Updates

Asia Japan market review: Recovery remains far off

Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda warned during June that a second wave of COVID-19 infections could cause “considerable” harm to Japan’s economy.

Adviser-Hub 5th Aug 2020

Market Updates

US market review: US/China relationship sours again

Relations between the US and China deteriorated further during May as the US blamed China and the World Health Organisation (WHO) for the pandemic.

Adviser-Hub 10th Jun 2020

Market Updates

Global bond market review: Corporate defaults on the rise

US Treasury bond yields rose during May: government spending continued to rise and central bank policy showed signs of shifting as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell emphasised that the Fed would tak...

Adviser-Hub 10th Jun 2020

Market Updates

Asia Japan market review: Concerns over Hong Kong’s future

Share prices in Hong Kong dived during May on the news that China was set to make national security laws for the territory, clamping down on dissent and raising questions over Hong Kong’s special econ...

Adviser-Hub 10th Jun 2020

Market Updates

Emerging markets review: Clouded outlook for China’s growth

China’s National People’s Congress announced that it would not set an economic growth target for the country this year as it addresses the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.

Adviser-Hub 10th Jun 2020

VIDEO

Fidelity International | The Investor's Guide to China - technology and innovation

It wasn’t long ago that China was regarded as an imitator rather than an innovator. Fidelity Head of Asset Management, Asia Pacific, Paras Anand shares his insight into why this now isn’t the case.

Fidelity International 3rd Jun 2020

Market Updates

The Week: Have markets moved too far, too fast?

Markets have seen one of the quickest rebounds in history, to the extent that investors are starting to wonder whether they might have gone too far.

Adviser-Hub 3rd Jun 2020

Market Updates

Global bond market review: A bleak outlook

Although equity markets recovered to some extent during April, investors’ appetite for risk remained weak. Bond yields picked up towards the beginning of the month amid cautious optimism.

Adviser-Hub 19th May 2020

Market Updates

Emerging markets review: All eyes on China

Demonstrating the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic, China’s economy contracted at an annualised rate of 6.8% during the first quarter of 2020, compared with growth of 6.4% in the same perio...

Adviser-Hub 19th May 2020

Market Updates

The Week: China: the longer-term consequences of Covid-19

China may be seeing an economic bounce-back, but there may yet be economic consequences from the Covid-19 pandemic as the US sharpens its claws.

Adviser-Hub 14th May 2020

VIDEO

Fidelity International | Market Perspectives: Asia and Emerging Asia

Fidelity Asia Fund manager Teera Chanpongsang talks us through how Asian businesses have adapted to the pandemic, the potential for increased US-China trade tensions and his latest portfolio positioni...

Fidelity International 12th May 2020

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Fidelity International | Fidelity Market Perspectives: China Consumer

Fidelity portfolio manager Hyomi Jie discusses the outlook and opportunities for the Fidelity China Consumer Fund.

Fidelity International 6th May 2020

VIDEO

Fidelity International | Global Special Situations

Jeremy Podger, portfolio manager of the Fidelity Global Special Situations Fund, provides a longer-term outlook for global equities and shares why he thinks China provides some indicators as to what w...

Fidelity International 23rd Apr 2020

Market Updates

Emerging markets review: China bucks the trend

Share prices in China generally fell less heavily in March than other major equity markets. While most share indices posted double-digit losses during the month.

Adviser-Hub 20th Apr 2020

Market Updates

The Week: What markets really, really want...

Markets have their fiscal and monetary stimulus, but still they’re not happy. What would it take to improve market sentiment?

Adviser-Hub 12th Mar 2020

VIDEO

Fidelity International | Covid-19: The impact on Chinese consumption activity and trends

Fidelity China Consumer portfolio managers Hyomi Jie and Raymond Ma discuss the impact of Coronavirus on consumption trends in the region. They outline the near-term opportunities and potential threat...

Fidelity International 9th Mar 2020

Market Updates

The Week: Federal Reserve: not enough or too much?

The Federal Reserve surprised markets by announcing a 50bps interest rate cut in an attempt to calm market nerves. The move hit a bum note, prompting a further sell-off in the equity market.

Adviser-Hub 5th Mar 2020

Market Updates

Global bond market review: Bond yields hit record lows

Global bond yields extended their January declines into February as investors became increasingly worried about the potential economic impact and human cost of the coronavirus.

Adviser-Hub 5th Mar 2020

Market Updates

Emerging markets review: China moves to support its financial system

Having been shut from 23 January to combat the continuing spread of coronavirus, China’s stock market reopened on 3 February and the benchmark Shanghai Composite Index promptly fell by almost 8% in a...

Adviser-Hub 5th Mar 2020

Market Updates

The Week: Only flu? Assessing the impact of the Corona virus

It’s been a torrid week for the financial markets, as investors assess the potential impact of the Coronavirus.

Adviser-Hub 26th Feb 2020

Market Updates

Emerging markets review: Coronavirus hits markets

January proved to be a month of two halves for China. Although investor sentiment received a boost from the “Phase One” trade agreement with the US.

Adviser-Hub 13th Feb 2020

Market Updates

Europe market review: ECB launches review of its monetary policy strategy

The eurozone’s economy expanded by only 0.1% during the fourth quarter of 2019.

Adviser-Hub 12th Feb 2020

Market Updates

UK bond market review: Flight to safety

Gilt yields fell during January as investors sought the perceived safety of government bonds

Adviser-Hub 12th Feb 2020

Market Updates

US market review: US and China sign their “Phase One” deal

2020 began with fresh geopolitical tensions amid signs of rising hostility between the US and Iran.

Adviser-Hub 12th Feb 2020

Market Updates

Global update: Coronavirus hits investor sentiment

Investor sentiment was initially buoyed in January as the US and China signed their interim trade deal, driving US share indices to new all-time highs.

Adviser-Hub 4th Feb 2020

Market Updates

The Week: Is China’s growth assured?

This week saw the widely-awaited trade deal struck between the US and China.

Adviser-Hub 23rd Jan 2020

Market Updates

Emerging markets review: US and China agree “Phase One” trade deal

Investor sentiment was lifted during December by the news that the US and China had reached a preliminary “Phase One” trade agreement in its long-running trade war.

Adviser-Hub 15th Jan 2020

Market Updates

Global update: Double-digit gains in 2019

Despite a year that was filled with political and social upheaval – from the trade war between the US and China, through Brexit, to the civil unrest in Hong Kong – many world markets achieved double-d...

Adviser-Hub 9th Jan 2020

Partner Zone

The Digital Archipelago

Two of Southeast Asia’s biggest nations are following china into rapid tech-led growth says Ewan Markson-Brown, co-manager of Baillie Gifford’s Pacific Fund.

Baillie Gifford 8th Jan 2020

Market Updates

US market review: No resolution to the trade conflict

US share prices were boosted during November by hopes that the US and China might find a resolution to their protracted trade conflict.

Adviser-Hub 20th Dec 2019

Market Updates

Europe market review: Germany avoids recession

The eurozone’s economy almost stalled during November, according to IHS Markit, which reported the lowest level of activity for two months.

Adviser-Hub 20th Dec 2019

Market Updates

Global update: Brexit takes a back seat

Although politics continued to dominate newsflow and sentiment in the UK during November, Brexit was superseded by the General Election as the focal point.

Adviser-Hub 10th Dec 2019

Partner Zone

Is this the answer to the US/China trade war?

In context of the US/China trade war, agriculture could well be the area that prompts both countries to come to an agreement, according to Robin Wehbé, portfolio manager at Mellon, part of BNY Mellon...

BNY Mellon Investment Management 28th Nov 2019

Partner Zone

Bright sparks in autos and tech shine through clouds of US/China trade tensions

A choppy earnings season and ongoing concerns over political risk have cast a pall over the tech sector in recent months.

BNY Mellon Investment Management 13th Nov 2019

Market Updates

Emerging markets review: China’s slowdown continues

The pace of economic growth in China continued to slow during the third quarter, dampened by the ongoing trade conflict with the US.

Adviser-Hub 7th Nov 2019

Partner Zone

Chinese tech – fast-moving and ever changing

While disruption by the technology sector has of course been a global phenomenon, Fidelity China Special Situations PLC portfolio manager Dale Nicholls highlights how China stands apart due to the she...

Fidelity International 5th Nov 2019

VIDEO

Fidelity International | Grocery retail: the next frontier for China e-commerce

Hyomi Jie, portfolio manager of the Fidelity China Consumer Fund, compares China’s traditional wet markets to ultra-modern supermarket grocery deliveries and examines the perceptions of customers usin...

Fidelity International 21st Oct 2019

VIDEO

Fidelity International | From Made in China to Designed in China

Fidelity China Consumer Fund portfolio manager Hyomi Jie investigates how the trend towards premiumisation is creating new opportunities among local companies in China.

Fidelity International 16th Oct 2019

Market Updates

Emerging markets review: Trade conflict hits China’s exports

The People’s Bank of China cut its reserve ratio – the amount of cash that banks have to hold in reserve – during September, releasing liquidity totalling 900 billion yuan.

Adviser-Hub 15th Oct 2019

Market Updates

The Week: As trade talks resume, how optimistic should we be about the prospects for a deal?

As trade talks resume, how optimistic should we be about the prospects for a deal?

Adviser-Hub 9th Oct 2019

Market Updates

The Week: Is stockpicking enough in a populist era?

Fund managers are fond of emphasising that they focus on stockpicking rather than troubling themselves with the broader macroeconomic landscape.

Adviser-Hub 25th Sep 2019

VIDEO

Fidelity International | Sustainable investing in China

Dale Nicholls, portfolio manager of the Fidelity China Special Situations PLC, provides his insight into the growing emphasis from Chinese companies on ESG and explains how he evaluates the governance...

Fidelity International 17th Sep 2019

VIDEO

Fidelity International | The Asia Call: Episode 2

Listen to the call with the Fidelity International Asia-based investment team. Hear from portfolio managers Dhananjay Phadnis, Fidelity Emerging Asia Fund, and Hyomi Jie, Fidelity China Consumer Fund...

Fidelity International 17th Sep 2019

Market Updates

Global bond market review: Bond yields plunge in August

Bond yields slid during August as nervous investors headed for perceived “safe-haven” assets such as government bonds and gold.

Adviser-Hub 16th Sep 2019

Market Updates

Emerging markets review: Renminbi falls to lowest level since 2008

China’s renminbi fell to its lowest level against the US dollar for 11 years during August.

Adviser-Hub 16th Sep 2019

Partner Zone

Could China’s rise pose a challenge to developed market democracies?

China’s rise to economic and political pre-eminence could pose a challenge to developed market liberal democracies, argues Shamik Dhar, chief economist at BNY Mellon Investment Management.

BNY Mellon Investment Management 13th Sep 2019

Market Updates

Global update: Parliament’s suspension creates controversy

The prospect of a no-deal Brexit crept closer during August as Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced that Parliament would be suspended.

Adviser-Hub 4th Sep 2019

Market Updates

The Week: Global dividend growth slips as corporate profits dip

The deceleration in the global economy is making an impact on global dividends, finds the latest Henderson Global Dividend Index.

Adviser-Hub 22nd Aug 2019

Market Updates

Emerging market review: China’s slowdown continues

China’s economy continued its slowdown during the second quarter of 2019, expanding at an annualised rate of 6.2%. The country’s economy grew by 6.4% during the first quarter.

Adviser-Hub 19th Aug 2019

Market Updates

US market review: Fed cuts rates for the first time since 2008

US equity markets reached new closing highs during July, and the S&P 500 Index breached 3,000 points for the first time ever.

Adviser-Hub 19th Aug 2019

Market Updates

The Week: Yield Curve

The US yield curve has finally inverted. It’s spooked equity markets, but does it necessarily mean recession is imminent?

Adviser-Hub 15th Aug 2019

Market Updates

The Week: A new world order threatens capitalism

After significant falls this week, have markets recognised that China/US trade wars are part of a deeper problem?

Adviser-Hub 8th Aug 2019

Market Updates

The Week: China GDP: time to panic?

There was much hand-wringing this week as China announced the slowest growth in almost 30 years. Should investors be worried?

Adviser-Hub 18th Jul 2019

Market Updates

Asian Japan markets review: Trade tensions hit growth in Asia

Economic growth picked up in Japan during the first quarter of 2019, despite the continuing trade tensions between the US and China.

Adviser-Hub 10th Jul 2019

Market Updates

Emerging markets review: Trade negotiations reopen

The trade relationship between China and the US continued to dominate investor sentiment during June.

Adviser-Hub 10th Jul 2019

Market Updates

Global update: Brexit: no further forward

The third anniversary of the Brexit referendum came and went in June, and still the issue of Brexit remained up in the air.

Adviser-Hub 4th Jul 2019

Market Updates

Emerging markets review: Trade wars bite

Although the US and China had been widely expected to agree a trade deal, US President Donald Trump instead confounded hopes.

Adviser-Hub 12th Jun 2019

Market Updates

Global bond market review: Trade conflicts driven down yields

Bond yields fell during May as the trade conflict between the US and China took an unexpected turn.

Adviser-Hub 12th Jun 2019

Market Updates

US market review: The “Tariff Man” strikes again

Having hit new highs during April, share prices plummeted in May as the trade war between the US and China took an unexpected turn.

Adviser-Hub 12th Jun 2019

Partner Zone

America’s China Challenge – Read the Latest Issue of Baillie Gifford’s Enlightenment magazine

US companies are under pressure from Chinese rivals looking to dominate their home market and satisfy global ambitions. Read about this and more in the latest issue of Enlightenment, the funds magazin...

Baillie Gifford 7th Jun 2019

Market Updates

Global update: US/China trade war escalates

Prime Minister Theresa May finally announced that she was resigning as leader of the Conservative Party on 7 June. Her decision triggered a leadership contest alongside rising concerns over the possib...

Adviser-Hub 4th Jun 2019

Market Updates

The Week: Can the US retain its innovation crown?

The long-term outperformance of the US stock market has many possible explanations.

Adviser-Hub 16th May 2019

Market Updates

Emerging markets review: Dovish Fed boosts sentiment towards emerging markets

Sentiment towards emerging markets has improved recently, boosted by a more dovish rhetoric from the US Federal Reserve.

Adviser-Hub 14th May 2019

Market Updates

The Week: Wobbly markets

Markets have been wobbly this week as the China/US truce appeared to be in jeopardy.

Adviser-Hub 9th May 2019

Market Updates

US market review: Bull market celebrates its tenth birthday

The US bull market became the longest bull market in the history of the S&P 500 Index during March, celebrating its ten-year anniversary on 9 March.

Adviser-Hub 17th Apr 2019

Market Updates

Emerging markets review: China cuts economic forecast

China’s leaders cut their economic growth forecast for 2019 to 6% to 6.5%, compared with last year’s target of around 6.5%.

Adviser-Hub 17th Apr 2019

Market Updates

US market review: Hopes of a trade deal

US equity markets rose during February as investor sentiment was buoyed by hopes that the US and China will finally manage to reach agreement on their long-running trade dispute.

Adviser-Hub 6th Mar 2019

Market Updates

Emerging markets review: End of trade dispute within sight?

Despite signs of an ongoing economic slowdown in China, share prices performed strongly during February. The US announced that it would postpone its planned tariff increases on Chinese exports.

Adviser-Hub 6th Mar 2019

Market Updates

Europe market review: Headwinds to European growth

Although European stock markets generally rallied in January after December’s sharp falls, investor sentiment was blunted by further signs of economic slowdown. European Central Bank President Mario D...

Adviser-Hub 25th Feb 2019

Market Updates

The Week: Markets rebound; but why?

Markets re-found their footing this week with European stock markets hitting a three month high.

Adviser-Hub 14th Feb 2019

Market Updates

The Week: Does the future belong to India rather than China?

Martin Wolf wrote in this week’s Financial Times that ‘the future might not belong to China’. Is he right?

Adviser-Hub 31st Jan 2019

Market Updates

The Week: Is Brexit in the price?

Markets were stable in the face of political turmoil in the UK this week. Does this suggest that Brexit - in all its forms - is in the price?

Adviser-Hub 17th Jan 2019

Market Updates

The Week: Big trouble in little China

Things are looking increasingly gloomy in China. Should investors be worried about the year ahead?

Adviser-Hub 3rd Jan 2019

Market Updates

The Week: Reasons to be cheerful 2019

2018 hasn’t been a classic year in markets, here are a number of reasons why investors can look forward to 2019 with more enthusiasm.

Adviser-Hub 20th Dec 2018

VIDEO

Fidelity International | Hold on to your hat

Politics and economics are so often closely tied together, and Bill McQuaker, Portfolio Manager of the Fidelity Multi Asset Open range, believes that 2019 will be no different. Hear how policy makers...

Fidelity International 19th Dec 2018

Market Updates

Asian Japan markets review: Japan faces economic headwinds in 2019

Japan’s economy contracted at an annualised rate of 2.5% during the third quarter of 2018, compared with an earlier calculation of -1.2%. Activity was curtailed during the year by a series of natural...

Adviser-Hub 18th Dec 2018

Market Updates

Emerging markets review: Emerging markets underperform over 2018

Emerging markets performed better than broader world markets during December, but underperformed global markets over 2018. Following a protracted war over trade tariffs, China and the US finally agree...

Adviser-Hub 18th Dec 2018

Market Updates

US market review: Partial shutdown for the US government

Although US equity markets hit record highs during 2018, they ended the year in negative territory, pulled down by concerns over trade tensions, rising interest rates, a partial shutdown of the federa...

Adviser-Hub 10th Dec 2018

Market Updates

Emerging markets review: Investors hope for trade resolution at G20

Emerging markets generally performed more strongly than the broader global equity market during November, boosted by hopes that the US and China might resolve their ongoing trade dispute at the G20 su...

Adviser-Hub 7th Dec 2018

Market Updates

Emerging markets review: Clouded outlook for emerging markets

The IMF expressed concern over the outlook for emerging markets during October: as monetary policy continues to normalise in advanced economies, capital inflows to emerging economies could start to de...

Adviser-Hub 9th Nov 2018

Market Updates

The Week: US Midterms - a check on Trump's power

November 2018 Trump’s unique brand of rhetoric failed to chime with voters in the mid-terms – what does it mean for investors? Markets have rallied since the mid-term elections...

Adviser-Hub 8th Nov 2018

Market Updates

The Emerging Markets Forum

Notes from The Emerging Markets Forum 2018 The Emerging Markets Forum brought together five leading asset managers, for in-depth discussions on the key dynamics at play within the asset class. Foll...

Adviser-Hub 8th Nov 2018

Market Updates

The Week: Has the US economic miracle come to an end?

The volatility in markets this week appears to have been caused by a belief that the US economic miracle is about to come to an end. Trump only has himself to blame

Adviser-Hub 25th Oct 2018

Market Updates

The Week: Wobbly times

Stock markets have started to wobble. A sell-off in Asia has spread across the globe. Having been talked about for months, is the sell-off finally here?

Adviser-Hub 11th Oct 2018

Market Updates

Fed tightens rates

September 2018 US Treasury bond yields increased as investors awaited the next development in the trade war between the US and China. The yield on the ten-year Treasury bond rose as high as 3.1%, b...

Adviser-Hub 5th Oct 2018

Market Updates

China accuses US of “trade bullyism”

September 2018 The trade war between the US and China continued to escalate during September. Following the US’s imposition of levies on US$200 billion-worth of Chinese products, China announ...

Adviser-Hub 5th Oct 2018

Market Updates

Tit-for-tat trade war continues

September 2018 As the trade war between the US and China rumbled on, the US imposed tariffs of 10% on US$200 billion-worth of Chinese products, rising to 25% on 1 January next year, and China retal...

Adviser-Hub 4th Oct 2018

Market Updates

Global update: EU rejects Chequers plan

he possibility of a hard Brexit came more sharply into focus during September as an EU summit in Salzburg rejected Prime Minister Theresa May’s Chequers plan. European Council (EC) President Don...

Adviser-Hub 2nd Oct 2018

Market Updates

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.

Adviser-Hub 20th Sep 2018

Market Updates

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

Market Updates

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).

Adviser-Hub 5th Sep 2018

Market Updates

Is the US hot or not?

The Federal Reserve isn’t worried about the US overheating, but should investors be concerned?

Adviser-Hub 30th Aug 2018

Market Updates

Emerging markets review: No winners in a global trade war

July 2018 During July, President Donald Trump imposed US$34 billion in tariffs on Chinese goods, prompting China to respond with US$34 billion of levies on US imports. The US announced plans to imp...

Adviser-Hub 14th Aug 2018

Market Updates

Global update: Deal or no deal?

Investors became increasingly preoccupied by the possibility of a “no-deal” Brexit during July as the UK’s Parliament broke up for the summer recess.

Adviser-Hub 9th Aug 2018

VIDEO

Fidelity International | Trade wars: China v US

Bill McQuaker and analyst Riccardo Muscio discuss the ongoing trade war between China and the US. What is the dispute really about? Is the US simply levelling the playing field or are they strategical...

Fidelity International 17th Jul 2018

Market Updates

US market review: “Losers on both sides”?

June 2018 Trade dominated newsflow and sentiment in the US during June. Investors endured a lacklustre month as financial markets reacted to the latest moves from the US Government and its key trad...

Adviser-Hub 16th Jul 2018

Market Updates

Europe market review: ECB unlikely to raise rates before summer 2019

June 2018 Although the eurozone’s rate of inflation has moved closer to target, the ECB does not expect to tighten interest rates until “at least through the summer of 2019”. Else...

Adviser-Hub 13th Jul 2018

Market Updates

Emerging markerts review: Sino-US relations continue to sour

June 2018 June proved to be a challenging month for emerging market investors as trade tensions between the US and China continued to escalate. Following US President Donald Trump’s decision...

Adviser-Hub 13th Jul 2018

Market Updates

Trade tensions intensify

Financial markets in June were soured by the rapidly deteriorating trade relationship between the US and China. The IMF warned that the US’s aggressive trade strategy risked harming the global economy...

Adviser-Hub 2nd Jul 2018

Market Updates

Asian Japan markets review: Asian economies vulnerable to trade tensions

May 2018 Economic growth in Asian countries – particularly Singapore and Hong Kong – is still heavily reliant on merchandise exports, according to Moody’s Investors Service, and e...

Adviser-Hub 11th Jun 2018

Market Updates

Emerging markets review: Argentina raises rates to 40%

May 2018 Sentiment towards emerging markets was undermined during May by speculation that US monetary policy is likely to tighten more aggressively than previously anticipated, and by escalating co...

Adviser-Hub 11th Jun 2018

Market Updates

Global update: Trade wars on the horizon

May 2018 Corporate news took a back seat during May as political developments directed investor sentiment. The possibility of an international trade war moved closer during the month as the US pres...

Adviser-Hub 4th Jun 2018

Market Updates

Emerging markets review: Oil price continues its rise

April 2018 China posted encouraging annualised economic growth of 6.8% during the first three months of the year, beating the official target of “around 6.5%”. Nevertheless, there are p...

Adviser-Hub 21st May 2018

Market Updates

Asian Japan markets review: Ongoing concern over trade tensions

April 2018 Confidence amongst large Japanese manufacturers deteriorated during the first quarter of 2018, according to the Bank of Japan’s (BoJ’s) quarterly Tankan survey. Meanwhile, Ja...

Adviser-Hub 21st May 2018

Market Updates

Emerging markets review: Looming trade war knocks sentiment

China’s relationship with the US deteriorated during March following President Donald Trump’s decision to impose a series of new tariffs intended to safeguard US interests.

Adviser-Hub 17th Apr 2018

Market Updates

Global update: Rising US protectionism knocks sentiment

Investor sentiment during March was marred by mounting levels of US protectionism.

Adviser-Hub 6th Apr 2018

Market Updates

Emerging markets review: Brazil cuts interest rates again

February 2018 Emerging equity markets were not immune to the heavy declines experienced by developed share indices during February. Investors around the world were rattled by signs that the end of...

Adviser-Hub 14th Mar 2018

VIDEO

Fidelity International | Income in Asia

China’s bond market is evolving and it’s now the third largest in the world. Our Multi Asset team take a look at the evolution of the renminbi bond market and why Asia; in particular, China, offer gre...

Fidelity International 8th Mar 2018

Market Updates

Emerging markets review: The price of oil reaches US$70 in January

The price of oil rose to US$70 per barrel for the first time in over three years during January as OPEC members confirmed that they would continue to limit output until the end of 2018.

Adviser-Hub 14th Feb 2018

Market Updates

The Week: Veteran investor Byron Wien gives his 10 ‘surprises’ for the year ahead

Since 1986, veteran analyst Byron Wein, vice chairman of Blackstone Advisory Partners of Blackstone, has published his 10 ‘surprises’ for the year ahead.

Adviser-Hub 25th Jan 2018

Market Updates

Oil reaches its highest level for over two years

The price of oil reached its highest level since the middle of 2015 in November, following a sudden anti-corruption purge in Saudi Arabia.

Adviser-Hub 11th Dec 2017

Market Updates

Emerging markets review: IMF warns on China’s credit boom

China’s credit growth continued to pose a problem in August.

Adviser-Hub 28th Sep 2017

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