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Savers predict double-digit investment returns: is that a danger sign?

Schroders’ latest Global Investor Study shows that despite the ongoing turmoil of the pandemic, investors are hugely optimistic about future stock market returns. Could their emotions be getting the better of them?

Tags: Schroders, Coronavirus, economics, Global
Johanna Kyrklund: Time to slow down (but not too much)

Like in the 90s action movie Speed, you can’t take your foot too far off the gas in today’s markets.

Tags: Schroders, Multi-Asset, Coronavirus
PODCAST: Comparing the Recovery in US and Emerging Markets - Copy

Franklin Equity Group’s Grant Bowers and Templeton Emerging Markets Equity’s Chetan Sehgal join our Alistair MacDonald for a conversation about the rate of economic recovery in the United States versus emerging market countries and the implications for equity investors.

Tags: Franklin Templeton, Asia, Perspective, Coronavirus, economic recovery, market outlook, technology
The inflation debate and the market implications

In the 20 odd years that I have been in the financial markets, inflation has rarely ignited as much debate as it is doing right now. I see that in meetings across the Henley investment floor and in numerous blogs and research pieces written by Invesco colleagues worldwide.

Tags: Invesco, UK, Coronavirus
What has driven stock market returns and what could drive them in the future?

Increasing valuations have been the main driver of stock market returns since Covid-19, but when we look over the past five years, we find a different set of drivers.

Tags: Schroders, equities, Coronavirus
Positioning after the rebound

William Lam discusses how he is positioning his Invesco Asian Fund (UK) after the rebound, having outlined 12 weeks earlier – near the trough of the Asian equity market - how he was positioning the fund for a rebound.

Tags: Invesco, Asia, equity, Coronavirus
Resilient and adaptive – the mid-caps showing their might

Abby Glennie, Investment Director at Aberdeen Standard Investments, considers the effects of Covid-19 on the diverse investment universe of medium-sized companies.

Tags: Aberdeen Standard Investments, Active Equities, Coronavirus, UK
Workers' welfare – are companies putting their people first?

How companies are treating their workforce during the Covid-19 pandemic is under intense scrutiny. The world is watching whether firms are protecting the welfare of their staff or if they are prioritising profit over the health and wellbeing of their people.

Tags: Aberdeen Standard Investments, economics, ESG, UK, Governance, Coronavirus
Coronavirus sparks a social shift in the bond market

The coronavirus is a social issue that has brought unprecedented disruption to societies and is impacting the wellbeing of the world’s population. Capital markets are responding to this challenge with more than $9 billion of social bonds issued in the past three weeks, all from supranational entities. However, more can be done, and this presents a great opportunity for governments to follow suit.

Tags: Columbia Threadneedle Investments, Coronavirus
Economies in free fall as hopes fade for a V-shaped recovery

The latest readings on the economy have been shocking and the challenge of lifting lockdowns in the absence of a Covid-19 vaccine means a swift rebound in economic activity looks less likely.

Tags: Schroders, Coronavirus, economics, GDP, global

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