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Investment Outlook 2020
What are the most pressing issues facing investors globally and how will they evolve in the year ahead? Our asset class heads provide their views on the investment themes to watch in 2020.
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Coronavirus contagion concerns
Paul O’Connor, Head of the UK-based Multi-Asset Team, considers the potential impact of the Wuhan Novel Coronavirus from a purely asset allocation perspective.
Brexit day: shift gets real
As the UK’s membership of the EU officially ends, Paul O’Connor, Head of the UK Multi-Asset Team, takes a pragmatic look at the next steps in the Brexit process, and considers what that might mean for investors.
Farewell Governor Carney; making room for Governor Bailey
The Bank of England kept its Bank Rate steady at 0.75% at their meeting on Thursday 30 January. Bethany Payne, Portfolio Manager within Global Bonds, believes that today’s decision has bought time for the new governor, Andrew Bailey, giving him room to act proactively should the need arise.
Fed watch: remaining accommodative
Co-Head of Global Bonds Nick Maroutsos discusses why he believes the Fed’s decision to leave rates unchanged at its January meeting should support the positive environment for stock and bond markets in 2020 and why – should markets slip – the Fed will rush to catch their fall.
ECB — one for the specialists
Andrew Mulliner, Portfolio Manager Global Bonds, shares his views on the outcome of today’s European Central Bank meeting, which as he explains was expected to be the hors d’oeuvre of the ECB’s policy review; in reality it was more akin to a notification that the ECB would be cooking dinner.
Quick view: UK election signals inflows and takeovers
In this video, Laura Foll, UK equities portfolio manager, outlines the initial reaction of markets to the clear Conservative majority in the UK election. She also looks at the two key longer-term implications for investors in the UK equity market.
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UK election reaction: continuity and change
Paul O’Connor, Head of the UK Multi-Asset Team, gives his reaction to the UK election result and what it means for the Brexit process.
Quick view: clarity for Christmas
Bethany Payne and Andrew Mulliner, Portfolio Managers within the Global Bonds Team, give their reaction to the UK election result in which the Conservatives took a meaningful majority.
US Fed decision hits the wrong target
While Co-Head of Global Bonds Nick Maroutsos agrees with the US Federal Reserve (Fed) holding benchmark rates steady, he is concerned that the risk to short-term lending markets will remain elevated until the central bank addresses issues in the market’s post-crisis infrastructure.
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UK election: A Tory win might be good for UK equities, but just for Christmas
What impact might a Tory victory have on UK assets? James de Bunsen, portfolio manager in Janus Henderson’s UK-based Multi-Asset team, gives some insight into his expectations for the upcoming UK general election and what might follow.
Finding value in bonds amid negative rates
Jim Cielinski, Global Head of Fixed Income, provides his perspective on key macroeconomic factors driving fixed income markets.
A hawkish rate cut
A pause after October’s rate cut in the US may make sense in the short term, but greater accommodation may be necessary over the long haul.