AMP Capital’s Investment Strategy team provide you with a monthly rundown of what’s been happening in global economies and markets, and what to watch in the months ahead.
Hosted this month by Greg Fleming, Head of Investment Strategy. Greg talks through the broadly positive returns for NZ and global equity markets, and the recent performance of AMP Capital’s diversified funds
7th August 2018
In recent months, we have highlighted how the New Zealand economy and markets seem at a crossroads, with a moderation in domestic economic activity whilst cost pressures appear to be rising. With further evidence of this scenario playing out in July, we look into the implications for the rates market through monetary and fiscal policy, as well as the impact on New Zealand equity valuations.
But first, looking back over July, global news continued to […]
Legg Mason have published their Brandywine Global Fixed Income Commentary for the June quarter 2018.
Here is the July fund update for the Elevation Capital Value Fund.
Welcome to the Winter 2018 edition of AMP Capital’s taking stock.
Featured in this issue are:
June 2018
Russell have published their latest edition of Market Overview, a quarterly commentary on market events from Q2 2018.
Key highlights from the quarter were:
9th August 2018
Mint Asset Management have published their Annual Report Advice.
Portfolio review
The Fund rose 0.7% in July, trailing global markets for the month (2.4%). Global markets rallied +2.9% in USD terms, with a small rise in the Australian dollar providing the difference.
Headlines on the trade war between the U.S. and China continued to drive markets. Equities initially rallied on news that both countries were holding trade talks, though gave up some of the earlier gains after news that they made little progress in resolving trade disputes. […]
24th July 2018
A muted global market reaction so far?
With no further escalation, the implications for New Zealand from the current US-China tariff war are likely to be limited. Any escalation, however, will have a significant impact on global growth, company earnings, the stock market and the general appetite for risk. Already, some sectors may be more impacted via supply chain disruption, competitive pricing changes and the economic spill-over effects of higher tariffs on global growth, inflation and interest rates. In escalation scenarios, […]
In July Morphic Asset Management presented to investors across Australia on Ethical investing. Here you can view a video of the presentation plus access a copy of the slides they presented.