The impact of geopolitical events on markets is often short-lived – will it be different for the Ukrainian crisis?

Two fund managers with flexible strategies say how they are positioning for the year ahead.

For the past decade, there has really only been one trade in town – the long duration trade.

In a move intended to dampen surging inflationary pressures, the Bank of England (BoE) raised its key interest…

The 2022 World Economic Forum Global Risks Report suggests a difficult few years ahead. Investors will need to lean in to these risks.

Omicron was barely getting started, but profit warnings had already started to rise in the final quarter of 2021. Supply chain problems were starting to bite.

It had all been going swimmingly for the UK retail sector. In November all the signs pointed to a buoyant Christmas period and recovery at last for the previously lacklustre high street.

Despite the spread of the Omicron variant of Covid-19, major equity markets around the world ended 2021 in positive territory, boosted by mounting hopes that the variant would prove less serious than initially feared.

Markets have opened with a flourish – dismissing the new variant and inflationary pressures: should investors follow this new-found optimism?

In an unexpected move, Bank of England (BoE) policymakers opted to tighten monetary policy at their December meeting in a bid to address surging inflationary pressures.