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I am desperately keen not to recycle what you have already heard about Boris’s plans to slowly move out of COVID lockdown, so I will...

After a drab month, UK markets had a better start to the week on the back of talk starting to turn to what Boris has in store for us on...

I will try and steer away from COVID this week, as we all now know as much as each other about the end of lockdown – we all have no idea!...

January closed out with Asia and Emerging Markets leading the equity returns once again, and developed markets and bonds losing their way...

It has been a funny old week for markets and news flow. The row has already started within Europe about vaccine supply with threats to...

As we move towards the end of January, most of us remain at home, awaiting the news of our turn at the vaccine and watching the horribly...

As I write we retain our bright expectations for 2021, just as we have been once again reminded why we were so pleased to leave 2020 in...

It is indeed a new year, but perhaps today it does not feel quite like it yet. In the UK we have moved into lockdown 3, although we have...

We have made it to Christmas 2020 and what a year it has been. Markets have recovered from March lows even though everyone in the world...

In a year where the statement “that will never happen” has had to be put firmly to one side, to finish the year off in suitable style we...

It can be interesting how some things simply drag on! I am referring of course to the reluctance of Donald Trump to concede the US...

We have had quite a bit of news to digest this week, ranging from a promising update from the Astra/Oxford vaccine team, news of what we...

The motto 'Keep Calm and Carry On' was developed in 1939 by the British Government in preparation for World War II, but the saying seems...

The past seven days have probably given me more key headlines to write about than the last seven months. It does not feel like a week ago...

As I write, it comes as no real surprise that the US election has yet to deliver an immediate result. Arguably more surprising was the...

The US elections are almost upon us. The economy always plays a role in how people vote. Prior to the coronavirus crisis, the economy had...

As the UK’s COVID rate continues to climb, our economy is losing steam as rising restrictions undermine firms’ efforts to recover from...

After a decent start, equity markets moved lower this week against a backdrop of fading prospects for a new round of fiscal stimulus in...

Stock markets have been a little stronger this week, despite the rising COVID cases and further restrictions on activity being imposed...

Client updates can sometimes need a little last-minute alteration should a major news story break overnight – today is one such example....