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The World In A Week – Japan fails to get its Suga rush

After hosting a successful Olympic and Paralympic games, it is now all change for Japan.  After just a year as the country’s prime minister, Yoshihide Suga will be stepping down amid continuing…

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The World In A Week – The Long and Unwinding Road

Equity markets delivered positive returns last week, with the MSCI All Country World Index delivering +1.1% in sterling terms, while the FTSE All Share Index pretty much delivered the same return.…

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The World In A Week – Delta’s Dampening Effects

The rapid return of geopolitical risk did little to move the spotlight away from the evolving COVID-19 pandemic. While it is likely that Afghanistan will see significant instability in the coming…

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Why advisers are picking active funds this Summer

Advisers are using active and passive funds in an increasingly targeted way to get the best returns for clients.

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Experts keep one eye on September after July’s strong employment stats

The ONS estimated there were 953,000 job vacancies in May to July 2021, growing 290,000 compared to the previous quarter and 168,000 more than pre-pandemic.

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The World In A Week – Political Shift

Last week the MSCI All Country World Index (ACWI) returned +0.8% in GBP terms, underpinned by a strong week from Europe equities, Japanese equities and the FTSE All Share Index. Political tensions…

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Experts predict UK economy will recapture pandemic losses by end of 2021

Industry commentators are forecasting that the UK economy will "comfortably" recover to its pre-pandemic levels by the end of the year, after a strong June reading that took year-on-year Q2 growth to…

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The World In A Week – Jobs for All

Last week was broadly positive for markets, with the MSCI All Country World Index of global stocks rising +1.3% in GBP terms.  This was led by UK Equities, as well as Emerging Market names in the…

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The World In A Week – Are we there yet?

The markets continued to be sensitive, with increased volatility being blamed on the stubborn concerns over COVID-19’s Delta variant and the risk that this poses to the reopening of economies.…

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The World In A Week – Bridging the Gap

At the start of last week, we saw an initial rise in the number of coronavirus cases.  However, since then there has been a sustained drop in the level of UK cases with the latest number of positive…

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The World In A Week – Freedom Day – the drive to move forward

The earnings season is finally upon us, and with it came a rise in volatility. The Vix Index, a measure of market volatility, crossed above 18, still relatively low levels in historic terms, but an…

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The World In A Week – It’s the Hope (and maybe the Earnings Expectations?) that Kills You

While the European Football Champions have now been comprehensively determined, albeit not in England’s favour, we had another week of seemingly placid market returns as they remain decidedly…

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