Surprises

26 January 2018

Stocks around the globe rose for yet another week while the US$ continued its downward trend. What made the week interesting, however was the change in direction of some variables that many had not expected. In the UK, economic...

US$ weakness versus Bitcoin and Carillion

19 January 2018

Across the mainstream media, the past week’s finance news was dominated by the collapse of construction conglomerate Carillion and the rapid fall of Bitcoin. However, the investment world was more transfixed by the continued...

Bullish sentiment rings alarm bells

12 January 2018

The new year is starting up with a dynamic in global capital markets that even the bulk of the optimistic forecasts had not anticipated. This is somewhat at odds with the UK’s domestic situation where another miscalculation...

Encouraging kick-off

5 January 2018

2018 has started on a positive note. Despite widespread fears for capital market upset through the coming into force of MiFID II on January 3rd, all remained calm and equity markets started with a positive week. This latest round...

2017 – taking stock

15 December 2017

As we look forward to the Christmas holidays and the new year ahead, we also tend to look back at what the year past brought us. In particular, in our profession, we look back at how the year actually unfolded relative to the...

Sudden, but not entirely unexpected

1 December 2017

It has been a week full of surprises and sudden turns of events, with the main unchanged parameter continuing to be the consistent and synchronised progress in global economic growth. For the UK public and economy, the most...