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Macro Outlook Q3 2020 | Where Now For The Global Economy?
Financial markets have rallied since April, with investors growing more confident that economies will turn around quickly from the fallout caused by the pandemic. Their optimism has increased in recent weeks as various countries have started to ease lock-down...
Bank Stress Test
Highlighting a strong and resilient banking sector fortified by regulators to withstand a once in a lifetime economic shock. Fed Vice Chair echoes our sentiment, “The banking system has been a source of strength during this crisis and the results of our sensitivity...
Does Regulatory Capital Help or Hinder During a Crisis? Part 3
We are now at the last part of our series on regulatory capital considerations for your insurance investment portfolio. Having looked at common issues insurers face when looking to raise the level of regulatory capital in their investment portfolios and the long-term...
Does Regulatory Capital Help or Hinder During a Crisis? Part 2
The first part of this series covered some of the common issues insurers face when looking to raise the level of regulatory capital available to their business – particularly in the context of investment portfolios. Our second part of these series digs into the...
Does Regulatory Capital Help or Hinder During a Crisis? Part 1
As the insurance industry grapples with the impact of the COVID-19 crisis, there are a range of challenges specific to insurers that have come to the fore – one of which is around the impact of regulatory capital regimes on insurers. As insurers saw the value of their...
Note from the CIO 17th June
Financial markets have rallied since April, with investors growing confident that economies will turn around quickly from the fallout from the pandemic. Their optimism has grown stronger in recent weeks as various countries have started to ease lockdown restrictions...
Note from the CIO 27th May
The first real pandemic in 100 years, the bursting of a credit and asset bubble that everyone believed in, and the incredible speed of the reversal has left many people bewildered, confused and grasping at straws. It is natural for human nature to look for hopeful...
Note from the CIO 27th April
Since the last time I wrote, financial markets seem to have returned to a calmer state, certainly when compared to the moves in March. Having said this, there is nothing calm about what is going on: We now have confirmation that we are facing the greatest economic...
Macro Outlook Q2 2020 | From Growth, to Unprecedented Global Contraction, to Recovery
The nature of the economic shock experienced in recent weeks is unparalleled, with governments driving economies into recession in order to deal with a public health emergency. The impact on markets has been equally severe and despite some more recent relief for asset...
London & Capital Investment Update Q&A
Over recent weeks the global economy and financial markets have experienced an unprecedented shock. In recent times there has never been a situation like COVID-19, which has resulted in, not a slowdown in the global economy, but a lockdown. Financial markets have...
March Macro Update
In light of recent market moves, we have updated the macro section of our Q1 2020 Outlook. All updates in the document are in grey text. To read the full article, please click here. For further information or to speak to a member of the staff please give us a...
Equity Markets Thoughts And Observations
Over the last five weeks, equity markets have experienced an unprecedented and unique environment. There has never been, in recent times, a situation like COVID-19 which has resulted in, not only a slowdown in the global economy, but a lockdown. Equity markets have...