The Week: investors should exercise caution on fixed income exuberance
Fixed income funds have seen record inflows over the summer, with investors worried about recession, but the optimism may have gone too far.
Adviser-Hub 22nd Aug 2024
Why cash remains attractive in different interest rate scenarios
Money market products boomed in 2023 on the back of a dramatic rate hiking cycle from central banks. But how will these funds perform if rates have peaked? We look at potential different interest r...
Fidelity International 7th Mar 2024
The value of short-dated credit under various scenarios
‘Soft landing’, ‘hard landing’ or interest rates ‘higher-for-longer': which do we think is most likely and what could it mean for short-dated credit?
Aberdeen Investments 20th Feb 2024
What’s next for inflation and interest rates?
The path of inflation and interest rates has preoccupied investors in 2022. With inflationary pressures apparently easing, will central banks hold their course on rate...
Adviser-Hub 20th Dec 2022
US interest rates: Fed announces biggest rate increase in almost 30 years
In a move designed to address surging inflationary pressures, US policymakers implemented their largest single increase in interest rates since 1994.
Adviser-Hub 16th Jun 2022
This US tightening cycle is different and market participants don’t get it
Strategist Russell Silberston discusses how the market is underestimating how far interest rates will rise, meaning bond yields have much further to rise (and bond prices to fall) than hitherto
Ninety One 13th May 2022
Fed delivers first rate increase since 2018
The US Federal Reserve raised the key federal funds rate for the first time since March 2018 in a move designed to curb inflationary pressures.
Adviser-Hub 17th Mar 2022
UK rates return to pre-pandemic levels
The Bank of England raised interest rates for a second consecutive month in March, bringing them back to pre-pandemic levels.
The Week: Might the war in Ukraine change the direction of interest rates?
Interest rates are slated to rise several times in 2022. Does the Ukrainian crisis shift the thinking from central bankers?
Adviser-Hub 16th Mar 2022
Will the Bank of England be raising interest rates soon?
Until recently, the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), which has responsibility for setting interest rates, was undecided if conditions were right for tightening monetary policy.
Adviser-Hub 1st Oct 2021
Five consequences of ‘lower for longer’ interest rates
As the damage to the global economy from Covid-19 becomes clear, few central bankers would contemplate raising rates.
Adviser-Hub 28th Sep 2020
UK interest rates cut to record low
In an unexpected move designed to shore up the UK economy against the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, the Bank of England slashed its key interest rate to 0.1%.
Adviser-Hub 20th Mar 2020
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