Key global trends – equities drop further Global equities eased back for the second month in a row in October as rising COVID-19 cases in Europe and the United States, concern over the lack of new U.S. fiscal stimulus and Presidential election jitters took their toll....
Key global trends – equities finally pull back Global equities had their first monthly negative return since bottoming in March, reflecting a shakeout in the high-flying U.S. technology sector. Despite the risk-off equity sentiment, gold prices also fell back (and commodities more generally), which likely reflected...
Key global trends - equity rally continues Global equities continued their V-shaped recovery in August, while the $US continued its decline. In a counter-trend move, perhaps reflecting growing investor confidence in an economic recovery, there was a small uptick in global bond yields and an easing...
Key global trends - equity rally continues Despite still-rising COVID-19 cases globally – and signs of a tempering in the economic rebound – the V-shaped global equity recovery continued into July. The MSCI All-Country World Equity Return Index rose by 4.0% in local currency terms, after...
Key Global Trends - Equity Rally Continues Global equities pushed higher in May, continuing the rebound of the previous month, reflecting ongoing hopes of a speedy return to economic normalcy as both new COVID-19 cases and social distancing restrictions eased further in most advanced economies. Risk-on...
Video - Market Trends: December 2019 David Bassanese shares the last market wrap up for 2019. In his video he discusses what influenced the markets in 2019, what how things are likely to shape up moving into 2020. [embed]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F99HySzVzSE&feature=youtu.be&utm_source=marketo_email&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=bs&utm_content=newsletter-position3&mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiTTJJMk9UWTBNelF5TURsaCIsInQiOiJ6TE0xZElUQVhXd3p4YTFISTRONTdCU3JKbjJrdWN6RDNhVmo1NUVBYzNYRk9EQk5iVEdcL3BQT09kTkhvYmpzQ2p1dERSY1pjZng2UTlpbFRVVTFkZmY5SkFFTDZhZCtzOFVXclg4MmYyODlOT3ZCZlZpZWJDZ2t1U3FDY3ozV0cifQ%3D%3D[/embed] Key Global Trends – optimism prevails Ongoing hopes of a...
There is no doubt that interest in responsible investments is growing. Not only in Australia but globally, investors are increasingly interested in how a company makes its money, not simply how much it makes. While some investors may focus on the longer-term viability of a company and...
Key Market Trends - Trade Tensions Return August saw a return to ‘risk-off’ sentiment in global markets, reflecting a resumption in US-China trade tensions, growing signs that these tensions are impacting on global growth (especially in Asia and Europe) and related fears associated with the renewed...
Asset Class Performance - bonds still driving equities There were more modest moves in global financial markets over July, with earlier aggressive expectations of US Federal Reserve interest rate cuts tempered somewhat by signalling from the Fed. US-China trade tensions also continued to linger while markets...
This month we attended a conference hosted by KPMG and the Responsible Investment Association Australasia (RIAA) for the release of the 2019 Responsible Investment Benchmark Report. This was 18th edition of the report prepared by RIAA and it details industry data on the size, growth,...