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Global Market Overview After a strong first quarter, global equities, across the board, rose again in April, boosted by more positive economic data, some better than expected corporate results and the ongoing support of central banks which remained in accommodative mode. The MSCI World index advanced 3.50%. The FTSE World Europe ex UK index rose […]

Global Market Overview Global equities advanced for a third consecutive month, rounding off a quarter which saw portfolio valuations rebound after a torrid end to 2018. Tensions between the US and China continued to ease and central banks retained an accommodative stance with regard to interest rates, setting the stage for a continuation of the […]

Global Market Overview The appetite for riskier assets was evident again in February as investors focused on the easing tensions between the US and China. Advances in global equity indices were not quite as strong as they had been in January, but every region recorded a positive result in local currency terms. Strength in sterling […]

Global Market Overview The start to 2019 has been much more positive for investors than the end of 2018. Global equities made good gains in January, recovering some of the ground lost in the fourth quarter of last year. The key reason for this seems to have been a reversal in the US Federal Reserve’s […]

Global Market Overview Any hopes of a so-called Santa rally were short-lived in December with all major markets posting losses for the month. Despite November’s brief respite, the fourth quarter turned out to be the worst in the last seven years. Investors have lost confidence against a backdrop of rising US central bank interest rates, […]