Although news around Banks remained front and centre for equity markets last week, most markets posted gains, with Emerging market shares faring best. This welcome stability also fed through to the credit markets, with both investment grade and high yield bonds also posting positive numbers on the week as government bonds sold off a touch. […]
Monthly Archives: March 2023
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Global equity markets held up quite well last week considering the turmoil in the banking sector. The week started with the news of the failure of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank in the US and ended with the takeover of Credit Suisse by UBS. The fallout from this will dominate markets this week and […]
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Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) grabbed the headlines last week, with a very hasty collapse on Thursday and Friday. This dominated the tone for markets last week and this has continued over the weekend and into this week. The latest news suggests that the US authorities have indicated that they will act as lender of last […]
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Weekly Round-Up, 6th March 2023 Rory McPherson, Chief Investment Officer Stock markets put in a decent showing last week, with European shares leading the way. Within Europe, it was the Banking shares and those exposed to China which did best; with the latter factor also helping out some of the big names in the UK […]