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Rate rise ‘back on the table’ as inflation hits 10-year high
December 15, 2021
Our Chief Executive, Derrick Dunne, comments on the 4.2% rise in inflation from October and how this may affect interest rates.
The World In A Week – Inflation – we’re bubbling hot, hot, hot!
December 13, 2021
Written by Richard Warne. For those of you as old as me, you may well remember Pato Banton releasing a song called “bubbling hot” back in 1992, and this is how inflation is acting right now. On…
Services sector recovers to pre-pandemic levels
December 10, 2021
Our Chief Executive, Derrick Dunne comments on the upsides from the poor monthly GDP growth figures:
The World In A Week – Data, data everywhere, but what should we think?
December 6, 2021
Written by Shane Balkham. “A turn in sentiment has seen whip-sawing changes in markets and is creating a volatile environment for the end of the year.” The Rime of the Ancient Mariner seems rather…
The World In A Week – Beware Greeks Bearing Letters
November 29, 2021
Written by Cormac Nevin. Last week markets had a placid start, until Friday, when fears about the discovery of what was dubbed the “Omicron variant” of COVID-19 descended upon markets like a flock of…
The World In A Week – The price is right?
November 22, 2021
Written by Millan Chauhan. Last week, UK inflation data came out revealing that the cost of living rose by 4.2% in the 12 months to October 2021 which exceeded initial estimates of 3.9%. The figure…
Fund selectors’ top ESG picks for November
November 19, 2021
With COP26 dominating the investment agenda this month, and the Financial Conduct Authority stressing green will be in everything it does from now on, here are five asset allocators' top ESG picks…
Pressure mounts on BoE for rate ‘lift off’ as inflation jumps to 10-year high
November 17, 2021
UK inflation hitting a 10-year high means the “way is paved for a rate lift off” to start soon but some commentators think the Bank of England might need yet more persuading before pulling the…
The World In A Week – Fowl play
November 15, 2021
Written by Shane Balkham. The release of October’s US consumer price index (CPI) data showed that prices rose at their fastest pace since 1990. This figure was above expectations and reflects the…
UK GDP grows 0.6%
November 11, 2021
The UK economy grew by 0.6 per cent in September, leaving GDP 0.6 per cent smaller than it was before the pandemic in February last year, with growth estimates for previous months revised lower by…
The World In A Week – Remember, remember the 5th of November!
November 8, 2021
Written by Richard Warne. Wow! Just like Guy Fawkes night, both equity markets and bond markets have kicked off the month at a rocketing pace, with the MSCI All Country World Index +3.3% in Sterling…
The World In A Week – Metamorphosis & other Market Machinations
November 1, 2021
Written by Cormac Nevin. There was a sense of fearlessness in markets last week as we entered the Halloween weekend, with the MSCI All Country World Index returning +0.9% in GBP. The continuation of…