Vaccine deployment is beginning to allow pent-up demand in service industries to materialise, but with notable differences across countries and sectors. The recent increase in the number of COVID-19 cases may be partially explained by higher global mobility, as some...
Financial markets have started April strongly and the rotations that characterised much of the first quarter have eased. The move higher in US Treasury yields that had triggered market and asset class shifts peaked at the end of March, briefly touching 1.75% in the US...
The dominant market story of recent weeks has been the rise in US government bond yields and the implications for asset markets and policy makers. Longer-dated government yields have been gradually rising from a low base since the middle of last year, reflective of...
After starting the year on a firm footing, volatility in global equity markets picked up sharply in the final week of January. The move lower in equity markets was sparked by extraordinary retail investor buying, of stocks unfancied by hedge funds and institutional...
Global equities started the year in the same bullish manner that drove markets to record highs at the end of 2020. European indices added another 2.0% throughout the first three weeks of the year, marginally outperforming the US, with financials and pharmaceuticals...
