Tag: Market view
Sweeping Disruption Looms as PwC Predicts One in Six Asset Managers...
Pandemic provokes shift as Asset Managers seize opportunity in aviation due to traditional lending downturn.
Due to a combination of market volatility, high-interest rates, and...
Central Banks Need Weird Barbies
Inspiration comes in strange places and as I sat watching Barbie, the charismatic Weird Barbie struck a chord with me. She reflects an antidote...
The Best Sectors To Invest In Right Now
The IT sector is the best sector to invest in with an average return on investment of 18.1%, while the consumer discretionary sector accounts...
Investors Now Have Responsibility to Consider ESG as Global Temps Hit...
As global temperatures hit a record high, every investor now has a responsibility to consider environmental, social and governance (ESG) investments, says the CEO...
AI 1.0 – The Next Frontier, Friend or Foe for the...
By Charles White Thomson, CEO at Saxo UK
Before we start, I should declare that where AI is concerned, I am a specist.
AI has...
Beware of the ‘Magnificent Seven’ Stocks Hype, Investors Warned
The ‘Magnificent Seven’ stocks that account for around 90% of gains on Walls Street’s S&P 500 this year are impressive, but not a silver...
As Stablecoins Soar in Popularity, Regulators Highlight Potential Risks
Stablecoins are digital currencies that maintain a stable value relative to specific assets. They are popular because they provide a stable store of value...
US Dollar Strength Is Waning, Global Investors Urged to Act
The US dollar is in decline after a strong decade and, as the investment environment shifts, so global investors now need to consider re-evaluating...
Inflation Here To Stay: Where Should You Invest?
Inflation is cooling gradually but remains stubbornly high in most major developed economies, including the UK and U.S., despite the efforts of central banks.
This...
Market Report: FTSE 100 Opens Higher Despite Mounting Cost-of-living Pressures
FTSE 100 opens higher despite mounting cost-of-living pressures.
• Fresh fall on Wall Street amid worries about the impact of higher interest rates
• European indices open...
Fortunes Will Be Made As Panic-Selling Triggers Bear Market
Fortunes will be made in this current bear market as in-the-know investors use the 20% drop as a major buying opportunity, affirms the CEO...
Private Equity Performance At Decade High, Research Reveals
10 March 2022 – eFront, the leading financial software and solutions provider dedicated to private markets, and a part of BlackRock, has released its...
Anxiety Rippling Through Financial Markets As Oil Spikes Over $110 A...
Anxiety Rippling Through Financial Markets As Oil Spikes Over $110 A Barrel Over Supply Concerns
Anxiety rippling through financial markets as oil spikes over $110...
Worldwide Security and Risk Management Spending Growth to Slow but Remain...
Short Term Demand for Cloud and Remote Worker Security Props Up Overall Market
Worldwide spending on information security and risk management technology and services will...
Report: Investors Pull $3.78 Billion From Hedge Funds As Consolidation Pressure...
Global investors pulled another $3.78 billion from hedge funds, according to the just-released eVestment Hedge Fund Asset Flows Report. That has driven May’s results,...
What Has Changed in China’s Onshore Stock Market?
Last week, global index supplier MSCI announced its decision to increase the weighting of Chinese onshore stocks (‘A shares’) in its indices over the...
Healthtech Sector: M&A and IPO Activity Resilient in the Face of...
The latest Healthtech M&A Market Report from international technology mergers and acquisitions advisor, Hampleton Partners, revealed a final count of almost 100 deals in...
Hedge Funds: The Future is Asia
2018 saw broad based decline in Asian markets and a reduction in the demand for Asia focused managers. However, industry experts remain sensitive to...
Credit Markets: Investors To Face A Challenging Time After Ten Years...
Credit markets have been a huge beneficiary of ultra-low interest rates and quantitative easing (QE) over the past ten years. In turn, this has...
Commodity Markets: South Africa and the US to Increase Platinum Mining...
After a contraction of 2.1% in 2016, global platinum mine (or metal content in the ore) production, recovered marginally by 0.8% to reach 6.1...
Goldman Sachs Lead the Ranking of Global M&A Financial Advisers in...
Although today's spotlight lies on the recently reached Brexit deal, there is still room for other important news on the international economy. One example...
BIS Paper: The Role of Primary Venues in the Fast-Paced Electronic...
The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) published a new paper “Monitoring of fast-paced electronic markets” in September 2018. Whilst oriented to central banks’ own...
P2P Economy: Next Six Months Will Be Make Or Break in...
A rare confluence of events is now creating a conducive environment for peer-to-peer (P2P) or marketplace lending and the next six months will be...
Cloud Services Projected to Grow Up to $206 Billion Worldwide in...
The worldwide public cloud services market is projected to grow 17.3 per cent in 2019 to total $206.2 billion, up from $175.8 billion in...
Global IT Spending to Reach $3.7 Trillion in 2018, According to...
Worldwide IT spending is projected to total $3.7 trillion in 2018, an increase of 4.5 per cent from 2017, according to the latest forecast...