russia-ukraine war

The war in Ukraine has rocked global energy markets and also affected the so-called “soft commodities” of the agriculture sector – in addition to the conflict’s...

Uninvestable is a brutal description reserved for extreme situations. Chinese equities is not one of them, says Kerry Craig of JP Morgan Asset Management, who joined...

Yep, you're not alone in thinking the first quarter of 2022 was an absolute minefield. In times like these, it may be helpful to refresh your knowledge of the "safe...

Portfolio Manager, Adam Chandler, from Claremont Global, one of Australia’s best performing international funds(1) , discusses opportunities in the current market,...

Fears of a global recession have waxed and waned since the pandemic hit more than two years ago. As government policies and bond-buying propped up economies around the...

In early March, a decision to adjust equity portfolio weightings to various regions could be viewed as one based on relative exposures to higher energy prices, says...

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has thrown up a plethora of issues for European and global markets. This is mainly because Russia, like Australia, is heavily endowed...

Howard Marks' latest memo has dropped, and it's a doozy. Why? Well, the Oaktree Capital legend has applied his decades-long "obsession with the concept of the...

At a headline level, stocks are down around 11% since the end of last year, but this belies the fact that many company valuations have seen falls in the order of 30%,...

What a week! Despite the ongoing Ukraine war and a more hawkish than expected Fed meeting, global equities saw fit to surge in what I can only attribute to a ‘sell the...

Excluding defence companies has long been common practice for responsible investors. At a minimum, most negatively screened “Ethical” funds exclude the controversial...

Among all the concerns about Russian oil and gas, there’s been one unexpected beneficiary. Without any need for consumable fuels, renewable energy looks set for higher...

As recent weeks have emphasised, volatility is back. And it’s highlighted the speculative nature of commodities, as whipsawing sentiment surrounding the war in Ukraine...

Russia's recent invasion of Ukraine has sent global financial markets into a tailspin. In this wire, Frame Funds Management's Hue Frame outlines what a "worst-case"...

Many governments, central banks and commercial banks around the world have traditionally been wary of cryptocurrencies and concerned at their potential to...

The intersection of a tragic conflict in Ukraine and the global macroeconomic flow-on effects, on top of rising inflation even as the Omicron threat recedes, have...

History tells us that geopolitics rarely matters for markets, except when it does, and then it’s the only thing that matters. Recent announcements from Western...

The intensification of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine – along with Putin’s nuclear talk – saw world oil prices surge 26% last week to US$115 a barrel, which in turn saw...

Even before a hot war broke out in Europe, commodities of all kinds were facing supply and demand challenges in what is a “perfect storm” for global energy. This...