Central banks ramp up rates in shadow of recession

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Markets take fright as Xi assumes total control

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Standing out in Asian equities – Fund in 5

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Inflation still stubbornly high despite central bank hikes

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Spectrum Q3 2022

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Have alternatives gone mainstream?

View from Private Markets: Reappraising the value of real estate debt

Fast reading In the years following the global financial crisis, low rates reduced absolute returns for real estate lenders, but that is set to change now that rates are rising. Defensive real estate debt strategies should be largely protected from short-term property value declines, and may actually benefit from the rising rates environment. An allocation […]

UK government woes continue to overshadow markets

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360°, Q3 2022

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Rates, recovery, recession

Expectations of Fed pivot begin to gain traction

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Fiorino: Can Europe’s banks withstand high-pressure energy disruption?

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As Europe grapples with a gas crisis caused by the war in Ukraine, investors are facing up to a fundamental truth: energy is everything. Russia’s efforts to restrict, or cut off, the flow of natural gas to Europe via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline, which runs under the Baltic Sea from Russia to Germany, has […]