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Medical Technology Stocks: Innovation Endures as Valuations Reset
  • 12 hours ago

How can medical technology companies diversify an equity allocation to healthcare?  Investors are questioning the staying power of medical technology (medtech) stocks, which have fallen from grace...

Fed Wrap – Split Fed see economic uncertainty
  • 12 hours ago

During this episode, Ryan Weldon of IFM’s Debt Investments team in New York discusses the outcomes of the April US Federal Reserve (Fed) meeting, what the split votes and dissents mean for decision...

Bank of Japan: credibility still a work in progress
  • 30 Apr 2026

The BOJ left the door open to a June rate hike, though Governor Ueda not reinforce such expectations. Given the lack of clear guidance over future rate tightening, the BOJ appears to have left the...

Powell emphasises Fed credibility amid historical dissents
  • 30 Apr 2026

The Fed held rates amid record dissent, signalling a shift away from an easing bias toward a higher for longer stance. As Powell prepares to pass the baton to the next Chair, his focus on credibili...

UK Real Estate: Talking Points April 2026
  • 30 Apr 2026

Welcome to our quarterly snapshot of current real estate market trends.

Global Asset Allocation Views 2Q 2026
  • 30 Apr 2026

Investors are contemplating a wider range of potential macro outcomes and a fatter bearish left tail. We maintain a modest risk-on stance, including an equity overweight. In fixed income, we lean i...

Charting a Distinct Course to Asia’s Awakening Equity Markets
  • 30 Apr 2026

Asian equities offer hidden value in dynamic companies across fast-growing economies. Global investors are rediscovering Asia ex Japan (AxJ) equities. Yet, the region’s constituents move to differ...

Global Momentum in Manufacturing
  • 30 Apr 2026

April PMIs (Purchasing Managers’ Indices) point to a meaningful improvement in global manufacturing momentum, with the U.S., Eurozone and Japan all posting stronger-than-expected and firmly expansi...

Iran war: Risk on, energy off
  • 30 Apr 2026

Markets cheered the ceasefire, but the energy shock persists. Stagflation looks unlikely, yet oil shortages are straining economies and driving asset divergence.