Investment Review Quarter 1 2018
Market Review The first two weeks of 2018 saw a continuation of steady growth within investment markets. Although many of these markets were trading near to or at all-time highs, economic data still appeared relatively supportive of further growth. However, history has taught us to be…
The Investment Committee
6th April, 2018
When we launched our range of five model portfolios on 1st March 2008, we didn’t quite know it yet, but one of the deepest financial crises in modern history was ensuing. At the market open, the FTSE 100 index priced at 5,884 but markets were firmly in panic…
Ashley Brooks
9th March, 2018
Investment Review Quarter 4 2017
Market Review of Quarter Four A strong start, a flat middle and a buoyant finish – the three distinct phases that characterised investment markets in 2017. The main stock markets started the year on the front foot, led by Europe and Emerging Markets. The…
Ashley Brooks
12th January, 2018
Investment Review Quarter 3 2017
Market Review of Quarter Three The summer of 2017 may be remembered as a turning point in this economic cycle. After a decade of pumping money into developed economies, Central Banks look to have put that policy in their rear-view mirror, signalling that interest rate hikes…
Ashley Brooks
13th October, 2017
Investment Review Quarter 2 2017
Market Review of Quarter Two After a strong start to the year, global stock market momentum faltered through Q2. Without substance, initially the rally continued, however, economically things weren’t looking that good. We’d had a series of poor data releases both in the UK…
Ashley Brooks
14th July, 2017
The investment industry is terrible at making things simple. It likes to hide behind jargon and phraseology, aiming to confuse and amaze. It makes the people sound clever and what they do extremely difficult. However, it’s no coincidence that often the fund managers with the best performance records are…
Alex Chappell
16th June, 2017
Inside an IC meeting: A fly on the wall
Beginning my internship with DB Wood at the start of July was an exciting time to start my journey into the world of the financial services; Britain had just voted to leave the EU, a result very few had expected, America was running through their quadrennial…
Declan Gamble
5th August, 2016
Question the Committee, Edition 1, December 2015…
Committee’s Note A note from the Investment Committee (“IC”) Chairman Firstly, I’d like to thank you all for your questions and engagement with Question the Committee 2015. The success of this pilot has made it clear that further such initiatives will be well received and we have consequently…
Alex Chappell
14th January, 2016
During the summer, I completed an eight week internship with DB Wood after successfully making it through their rigorous selection process back in June. Having already completed numerous stints of work experience in the past, I was well aware of the ‘work hard, play hard’ culture that exists…
Dominic
7th November, 2015
Investment Review Quarter 3 2015
Market Review of Quarter 3 2015 A torrid August ensured the summer holidays were not as relaxing as most investors had wished. Many of the business pages focussed on China, as markets worried about the effects of the slowing of a $10 trillion economy. In a…
Ashley Brooks
8th October, 2015