Insights

In June, sentiment was dominated by both geopolitical developments and evolving trends in Artificial Intelligence (AI). Investors welcomed news of an interim peace accord between the US and Iran and the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz.

Read our latest quarterly Investment Outlook and Portfolio Strategy document, providing a financial market recap for Q2 and our outlook for the next 12-18 months.

In July, risk appetite was underpinned by further signs of a revival in global growth, the solid start to second quarter earnings season, and the abundance of fiscal and monetary stimulus – which when taken together overshadowed pessimism regarding the latest resurgence in Covid-19 cases.

Read our latest quarterly Investment Outlook and Portfolio Strategy document, providing a financial market recap for Q3 and our outlook for the next 12-18 months.

Just as one source of investor angst faded at the beginning of 2020, another intensified. After simmering trade tensions fueled a blockbuster start to the year, sentiment took a turn for the worse after the outbreak of the Wuhan coronavirus threatened to derail an already-fragile global growth backdrop. The epidemic, and efforts to contain it […]