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Central banks remain on their relentless march – pushing up interest rates in the battle against the persistence of consumer price inflation. This has already

Arctic Monkeys, then Guns N’ Roses, then Sir Elton Having been a supporter of the team from the red side of Manchester since my early

Market Returns – a whistle-stop tour of some of the movers and shakers during the quarter. The chart shows the returns in local currency across

The catalyst The impact of the war in Ukraine has had major implications, particularly to global energy markets, but also as a catalyst for driving

Central banks have spent the last year or so pushing interest rates higher at their fastest pace for decades in the face of an inflation

Sitting on the conveyor belt of time January saw markets on good form. The nasty 2022 was in the rear-view mirror and an early dose

The chart shows the returns in local currency across a cross sample of major indices. The table below shows Investment Association sector average returns broken

After such a turbulent 2022, 2023 had been feeling a little more sedate and peaceful until financial cracks began emerging in the banking system as

To great fanfare, the FTSE 100 surpassed an index level of 8000 during the last quarter, reaching a new index high and prompting a mixture

2022 was a very challenging year. Central banks spent the year pushing interest rates higher at their fastest pace for decades in the face of