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Article-business-01-2022_1 Market Updates

Global updates: “The clouds are beginning to part”

The International Monetary Fund believes “the clouds are beginning to part” and expects the global economy to achieve a soft landing, underpinned by lower inflation and steady growth.

Adviser-Hub 7th Feb 2024

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Hub Themes | Japan

Japan’s equity market is drawing fresh interest from investors, underpinned by still-attractive valuations and an intensifying focus on shareholder value. Hub Themes, a cur...

Adviser-Hub 3rd Jul 2023

Article-Building-04 Market Updates

UK market review: Inflation eases … but not by enough

The Bank of England BoE) raised its key base rate by 25 basis points to 4.5% during May, implementing its twelfth consecutive rate increase.

Adviser-Hub 7th Jun 2023

Article-Balance-01-1 Market Updates

Global updates: “A perilous phase”

The global economy is entering “a perilous phase” of low economic growth and rising financial risks alongside persistent inflationary pressures, according to the IMF.

Adviser-Hub 11th May 2023

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Hub Themes | Energy

Energy supply, energy security, energy prices, the energy transition … energy is the issue that’s touching every area of our lives. Find out what’s happening, why it’s happ...

Adviser-Hub 21st Nov 2022

Article-London-01-2019 Analysis & Opinion

The Week: Sliding sterling, IMF intervention: back to the seventies

Nostalgia hunters may have had some reminders from the seventies this week, with a slumping currency, a finger-wagging from the IMF and rising gilt yields. Do the similarities end there?

Adviser-Hub 29th Sep 2022

Article-America-02-2019-1 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

Article-Protection-02-2019 Market Updates

UK market review: “Clear and present danger”

As prices continued their relentless rise, the IMF warned: “inflation has become a clear and present danger for many countries”. Consumer price inflation in the UK accelerated from 6.2% year on year i...

Adviser-Hub 5th May 2022

Article-Time-01-2019 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

Article-London-01-2019 Analysis & Opinion

The Week: Did you miss the UK’s bounce-back?

More lacklustre data from the UK emerged this week. Is the weakness temporary? Or have we seen the best of the UK’s revival?

Adviser-Hub 13th Oct 2021

Article-Chart-03-2019 Market Updates

Global update: Optimism drives share prices in April

Global equity markets generally rose during April, buoyed by encouraging economic data from the US. The IMF upgraded its forecasts for global growth from 5.5% to 6% in 2021 and from 4.2% to 4.4% in 20...

Adviser-Hub 5th May 2021

Article-Change-01-2019 Analysis & Opinion

The Week: Is the reflation trade at risk?

The reflation trade continues in earnest, with cyclical sectors leading markets in recent weeks. However, could problems in the vaccine rollout disrupt markets’ assumptions?

Adviser-Hub 7th Apr 2021

Article-America-02-2019-1 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

Article-Direction-05-2019 Market Updates

UK bond market review: Lacklustre outlook for the UK economy

The yield on the benchmark UK gilt dipped early in January as Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced fresh lockdown measures to stem a rapid increase in Covid-19 infections.

Adviser-Hub 16th Feb 2021

Article-Chart-05-2019 Market Updates

Inflation – are you scared?

Inflation has gone from bogeyman to benign, but could that be about to change as economies revive?

Adviser-Hub 10th Feb 2021

Article-Buildings-FED-01-2019 Market Updates

Global update: “Unintended consequences”

Financial markets are becoming increasingly vulnerable to a sharp correction that would, in turn, jeopardise stability, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Adviser-Hub 2nd Feb 2021

Article-Japan-01-2019 Market Updates

Asia Japan market review: Question-marks over Asia’s recovery

The IMF expects the Asia Pacific economy to shrink by 2.2% in 2020; nevertheless, the region is set to post a healthy recovery in 2021 with growth of 6.9%

Adviser-Hub 11th Nov 2020

Article-Grow-01-2019 Market Updates

The Week: Living with uncertainty

Uncertainty has become a fact of life in recent years. The IMF’s recent assessment of the state of the global economy makes things little clearer.

Adviser-Hub 14th Oct 2020

Article-Grow-02-2019 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

Article-China-01-2019 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

Article-Chart-04-2019 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

Article-America-02-2019-1 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

Article-Japan-01 Market Updates

Asian Japan markets review: Trade deal hopes boost sentiment

Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 Index reached its highest level since mid-December during February, boosted by US President Donald Trump’s decision to delay tariff increases on imports from China.

Adviser-Hub 6th Mar 2019

Article-Emerging-01-2019 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

Article-Chart-05-1 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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