Global equities retreated last week with markets down around 1.5% in both local currency and sterling terms. The decline was led by the tech sector which was off close to … Read More

Last week was action packed with trade deals, the Fed meeting and the Magnificent Seven all competing for the market’s attention. After all the excitement, global equities ended the week … Read More

Equity markets were in ebullient mood last week with global equities gaining 1.9% and 2.5% in local currency and sterling terms respectively. China and the UK fared best with rises … Read More

Last week was a choppy one for equity markets but global equities still ended up 1.0% in local currency terms and 0.5% in sterling terms. US equities did best, gaining … Read More

Last week was very much a week of two halves. Equities remained in bullish mode until Trump came along on Friday and threatened additional 100% tariffs on China from 1 … Read More

Global equities resumed their rally last week after a brief pause. They saw gains of 1.2% and 1.6% in sterling and local currency terms respectively, taking the year-to-date returns up … Read More

Markets for the most part had a quiet week despite President Trump’s best efforts. Following their gains of late, global equities were little changed in both local currency and sterling … Read More

Donald Trump became the first US President to return to the UK for a second state visit. Served with all of the trimmings, there was also some politics thrown in. … Read More

Equities had a good week, with global markets rising 1.7% and 1.5% in local currency and sterling terms respectively. Emerging markets led the way with a rise of 3.7%, buoyed … Read More

Equity markets had another quiet week, edging up 0.4% in both local currency and sterling terms. Emerging markets led the gain with a rise of 1.3% while the US rose … Read More