Blockchain, the technology behind cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, is making waves as its potential to be a next generation platform technology starts to emerge from the all the hype. … [Read more...] about Blockchain: looking to the future
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Private markets – a wealth of opportunities
Interest in private markets has grown rapidly among investors, particularly within an environment of historically low interest rates and market volatility. … [Read more...] about Private markets – a wealth of opportunities
Inescapable investment truths for the decade ahead
Our inescapable truths are the economic forces and disruptive forces we think will shape the investment landscape over the years to come. … [Read more...] about Inescapable investment truths for the decade ahead
Urbanisation – a mega trend
Perhaps somewhat ironically, as we become better connected, and the world becomes a smaller place, our populations are increasingly concentrating themselves in cities and large urban areas. This will further drive technological advancement and impact climate change, having its own influence on other megatrends. The impact There’s a massive migration to cities underway … [Read more...] about Urbanisation – a mega trend
All Good Things
This time ten years ago we were aghast at the vehemence of a Global Financial Crisis which threatened a systemic crash of the global banking system, brought down Lehman Brothers and triggered a widespread collapse in the prices of risk assets. Yields on US Investment Grade bonds peaked at just over 8% (4.1% at time of writing), yields on US High Yield bonds soared to over 20% … [Read more...] about All Good Things
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