In the UK, the Autumn Statement saw the government continue attempts to curb burgeoning numbers of buy-to-let landlords. A 3% increase in stamp…
Investment Comment
January 2016
Investment Comment
December 2015
The Autumn Statement provided a major set-piece economic event in November. Despite being the third event of this kind this year (following both…
Investment Comment
November 2015
In the UK, economic news was generally positive in October. Retail sales were up significantly by 1.9%, in a sign of continuing consumer…
Investment Comment
October 2015
Mark Carney, governor of the Bank of England, said that the rapidly growing number of buy-to-let landlords could threaten the UK’s economic stability…
Investment Comment
September 2015
The market volatility caused by the so-called ‘Great Fall of China’ has grabbed attention during August and we issued a separate note on…
Investment Comment
August 2015
July was a volatile month in the markets. In the middle of the month, there was concern as we saw drops in many…
Investment Comment
July 2015
Quarterly Investment Comment: Q3 July 2015
Investment Comment
June 2015
In Europe, the primary focus continues to be the Greek debt talks. By spending money from the public sector pension fund and local…
The oil price continued to drive investment sentiment as 2016 got under way. For the opening weeks of the year oil continued to…