Markets

ETF Snapshot: Government Bonds See Outflows Amid Rising Rate Environment

In the week ending 3 November, developed government bonds reversed three weeks of inflows, according to data from Track... Read more

Woodford IM: 'No-deal' Brexit 'nowhere Near As Bleak As Many Have Predicted' For UK Economy

A 'no-deal' Brexit agreement between the UK and European Union "would not result in a major slowdown or recession", as ... Read more

Plurimi's CIO Armstrong: 10-year Treasury Yields To Widen Beyond 4%

Patrick Armstrong, CIO of Plurimi Investment Managers, has said 10-year Treasury yields will surprise many investors by... Read more

Hermes CEO Warns On Trio Of Market Shocks For 2018

Hermes Investment Management CEO Saker Nusseibeh has warned of potential disruption in 2018, with a number of issues ha... Read more

US Banks Criticise Lack Of Brexit Clarity And Warn On Jobs

A number of prominent Wall Street banks and other large financial institutions with London operations have expressed co... Read more

Which Active Managers Have Stormed Ahead Since Trump's Election?

US equity markets have hit record highs in the year since Donald Trump's election as President on 8 November 2016, with... Read more

Canaccord Genuity: Which Are The Most Risky UK Stocks?

Canaccord Genuity Wealth Management has identified the UK stockmarket's most risky stocks with Man Group, oil and gas f... Read more

Gold Trading Sinks As Bitcoin Interest Surges

Gold trading among private investors fell by 31.5% in October compared to the same time last year, as Google searches t... Read more

China's Asset Management Industry Set To Overtake UK In AUM By 2019

China's asset management industry is expected to grow to around $17trn by 2030, up from $2.8trn in 2016, but foreign fi... Read more

Oil Prices Hit Two-year High Following Saudi Corruption Crackdown

Oil prices climbed to their highest level in two years after Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince issued an anti-corruption orde... Read more

ETF Snapshot: European Large-cap Flows Plummet Following ECB Tapering Move

In the week ending 27 October, European large caps suffered a significant drop in flows, according to data from TrackIn... Read more

Update: Trump Names Powell To Replace Yellen As Fed Chair

US President Donald Trump has announced he has nominated Jerome Powell as the next chair of the Federal Reserve. Read more

'Jury Out' On BoE Rate Hike As Some Commentators Predict One-off Move

Industry commentators have warned the Bank of England's (BoE) decision to increase interest rates for the first time in... Read more

Investment Week Digital Edition - 6 November 2017

This week's edition of Investment Week is now available to read online. Read more

Opinion: A New Concept Of Risk Has Emerged For Investors

Markets have realised they have a new concept of risk to play with: idiotic risk. Largely unquantifiable, we see many s... Read more