Andrew Hardy, CFA reviews the week in our latest Global Matters Friday Update.

Senior Analyst Michael Clough is joined by Investment Services Executive Gabby Byron this week to discuss the Momentum Chart of the Week.

Men’s heavyweight boxing is perhaps set for its biggest year this century. Two upcoming bouts could lead to the winners meeting later in the year in a bid to become the undisputed champion of the heavyweight division.

The Russian intent with respect to Ukraine now appears reasonably clear: to bring the whole country back within the Russian sphere of influence.

Robert White, CFA reviews the week in our latest Global Matters Friday Update.

Lorenzo La Posta is joined by Michael Clough this week to discuss the Momentum Chart of the Week.

The latest elevated CPI print of 7.5% has spooked investors this year, triggering volatility in both bond and equity markets. In trying times, it sometimes helps to take the long view. In a recent paper the Bank of England has taken this advice to the extreme, looking back 800 years to the 14th century to calculate the average global GDP-weighted inflation rate of just 1.51%.

Richard Stutley, CFA reviews the week in our latest Global Matters Friday Update.

Lorenzo La Posta is joined by Gabby Byron this week to discuss the Momentum Chart of the Week.

There have been a number of academic papers that have examined the performance of funds managed by smaller “boutique” investment houses versus the much larger “asset gatherers”. The outcome of these various studies is overwhelming; that boutiques tend to be the better performers with a consistent performance premium across various asset classes, ranging from 0.23%1 to 0.62%2 per annum net of fees.

Alexander Harvey CFA reviews the week in our latest Global Matters Friday Update.