Insight multi-asset weekly update: US-China trade concerns returned to the fore, affecting risk sentiment

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Market and economic review US-China trade concerns returned to the fore and weighed on risk sentiment last week. Equity markets fell 2-6% over the week following the unexpected announcement of

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Insight Multi-Asset weekly update: European Central Bank meeting on Thursday likely to be the biggest market focus

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Market and economic review Risk assets trade sideways on busy week for growth data and US earnings Global equities ended last week broadly flat despite a busy period for global

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Insight Multi-Asset weekly update

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Market and economic review Risk sentiment buoyed by a positive outcome from the recent Trump-Xi meeting Risk assets began last week on a strong note as the widely anticipated Trump-Xi

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Insight Multi-Asset weekly update: Key PMI data out this week

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Market and economic review Markets enter ‘wait and see’ mode ahead of the G20 summit In contrast to the recent rally, risk assets as well as government bonds traded in

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Insight Multi-Asset weekly update: Mario Draghi hints at more interest rate cuts

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Market and economic review Dovish central bank rhetoric sent government bond yields sharply lower as risk assets rally Last week saw the European Central Bank (ECB) and the Federal Reserve

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Insight Multi-Asset Weekly Update: Anticipation continues to build for a Trump-Xi meeting at the G20 summit

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Market and economic review  Risk assets lose positive momentum in latter half of the week on global growth concerns, while government bond yields move higher Risk assets started the week on

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Insight Multi-Asset Weekly Update: World Bank downgrades 2019 global growth forecast

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Market and economic review After last week’s broad-based sell-off, risk assets received a reprieve on growing expectations of de-escalation in US/Mexico trade tensions via a possible postponement to the introduction

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Insight multi-asset weekly update: Government bond yields fell to multi-year lows, more Trump tariffs

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Market and economic review Government bond yields fell again to multi-year lows and risk assets were on the back foot as growth fears intensified In a holiday-shortened week with relatively

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Insight Multi-Asset weekly update: Equities markets weaken on trade and poorer growth data

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Market and economic review Equities and government bond yields fell again last week on data suggesting a poor growth outlook and increasing trade war tensions Continued escalation of trade tensions

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Insight appoints Global Head of Distribution and announces Australian appointment

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Insight Investment, a leading global investment manager, has appointed Angus Woolhouse as Global Head of Distribution. Woolhouse has more than 20 years’ experience within the asset management industry and was most

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