Markets

Market Spinner

MARKET MOVES •Last week concerns about the global economy and Fed monetary policy drove market sentiment. •Cut off of gas… »

Global Rates Notes: May 2022 Refunding Preview

We expect Treasury to announce a final round of nominal auctions size cuts, concentrated at longer maturity sectors, at its… »

Twitter Inc. ‘BB+’ Ratings Placed On CreditWatch Negative On Acquisition Deal

Elon Musk’s proposed takeover of Twitter would cause leverage to spike significantly above the 1.5x downgrade threshold associated with the… »

 

Economies

UK—Weaker Consumption But Still Growing

Signals from the UK activity indicators have been mixed lately and the combination of high inflationary pressures and falling consumer… »

European April Flash PMI Preview

BOTTOM LINE: We expect the upcoming European flash PMIs (released on Friday, 22 April) to decline further in April, slightly… »

Is the World Deglobalizing, Slowbalizing or Newbalizing?

Many commentators expect the world to deglobalize following the US-China trade war, the pandemic, and the invasion of Ukraine. We… »

 

Finance

La Financière de l’Echiquier launches in Switzerland Echiquier Space, the first thematic fund in Europe focused on space and its ecosystem

Echiquier Space covers a key strategic long-term theme that reaches across sectors; it can invest without sector or geographic restrictions… »

Bitcoin: it’s time to seize the opportunity

The current economic climate is a concern for investors. Trade-restructuring, high levels of liquidity, systemically-low inflation, inverted yield curves, negative-yielding… »

Varma has updated its investment blacklist – industries excluded for ethical and climate reasons

As part of Varma’s updated Principles for Responsible Investment, climate change has been given more weight and emission-generating industries are… »