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Interest rates for the Eurozone and US diverge

Important interest rate announcements were made in June, both in the UK and the US. The US Federal Reserve announced its seventh 0.25% increase in interest rates since December 2015, taking the level to 1.75%-2.00%. The rise had already been incorporated in market prices by...

23 July, 2018 / 0 Comments

Mainland Chinese stocks join the MSCI index

Important changes affecting Chinese market indices took effect in June 2018, which could affect emerging market funds. On 1 June 2018, the index provider MSCI added 233 domestic Chinese stocks to its emerging market and global indices. MSCI has some of the most widely used indices...

02 July, 2018 / 0 Comments

The slow climb of US interest rates, a quarter percentage at a time…

The US central bank increased interest rates again in December. While the Bank of England managed just one interest rate rise in 2017, to end the year at 0.5%, its counterpart in the US notched up three increases, finishing at 1.25%-1.50%. The trio of Federal Reserve...

05 February, 2018 / 0 Comments

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Interest rates for the Eurozone and US diverge

Mainland Chinese stocks join the MSCI index

The slow climb of US interest rates, a quarter percentage at a time…