Interim Market Updates

Introduction…….. Q2…. As We Move to Peak Interest Rates… A Robust and Resilient World Economy… As we make our way through the second quarter, US

Introduction…….. A Change in Mood Music? As we move through Q1, it would appear that 2023 is poised to potentially reverse many of the trends

Introduction…….. Since we released our Q3 Investment Update in October we have seen equity markets rally and bonds trade flat to slightly higher. Europe’s EuroStoxx50

Introduction…….. We have seen significant movements in equities year-to-date, with strong commodity price movements, some company earning weaknesses, the ongoing war in Ukraine, and further

Introduction…….. Two volatile months into 2022 and already investment themes are indicating that markets will have some new factors to focus on over the coming

Introduction…….. Since we released our Q3 Investment Update at the beginning of October, risk assets have rallied fairly convincingly, with the main equity indices around

Introduction…….. Since we released our Half-Year Investment Review & Outlook back in July, we have seen most of the main global equity indices continue to

Introduction…….. Markets in general have been relatively subdued over the past month, with the main equity indices either side of the Atlantic grinding slowly higher,

The last month has been relatively quiet for financial markets, as volatility rests near 15-month lows, as the western world prepares for the highly anticipated

Since our 2021 investment outlook in January, equity markets, depending on the region, have traded flat to slightly higher. While this was not a completely

A Time to Heal…. Over the past month or so, we have seen investor sentiment swing down and then up, with relatively large market moves

Intro As we edge towards the end of the most highly anticipated earnings season since the Great Financial Crisis, volatility and daily traded volumes have

Summary Overall, we are now seeing economies slowly starting to get back on their feet. This is looking to be a real positive as we

Summary After seeing a severe shock in March, equities have rebounded strongly in April and into the start of May. We are over a month