For those that don’t know, I am the Chief Investment Officer at IPS Capital. Each week I highlight few things that have come across my desk that I think are interesting and investment related. We always welcome dialogue so if you have any questions we’ll be happy to answer them here too.   The US

For those that don’t know, I am the Chief Investment Officer at IPS Capital. Each week I highlight few things that have come across my desk that I think are interesting and investment related. We always welcome dialogue so if you have any questions we’ll be happy to answer them here too.   Will we

For those that don’t know, I am the Chief Investment Officer at IPS Capital. Each week I highlight few things that have come across my desk that I think are interesting and investment related. We always welcome dialogue so if you have any questions for me I’ll be happy to answer them too. First, as

  ESG Update: Water and Waste   2022 will probably be remembered as the year of sudden and pivotal change, in both macro-economic and financial conditions, affecting the global investment landscape including ESG and the green transition. The positive ESG investment spree of the last decade has come to a standstill as we can see

Review of the first half of the year The numbers in Chart 1 paint a pretty grim picture for the first half of the year. This has been one of the worst starts to the year on record for equity markets and the worst start since at least the 1930s for bonds. For equities this

Market Update Chris Brown, CIO, 16th June 2022 Inflation remains front and centre for investors and markets. Hotter than expected CPI numbers saw the US federal reserve raise rates by 0.75% yesterday, with base rates now expected to peak at 3.75% next year in the US and at almost 3.5% here in the UK. As

Market Update Chris Brown, CIO, 19th May 2022 As the table above shows, it has been another tough quarter for global markets. Inflation is higher and looks to last longer than investors had previously thought. This means faster and higher interest rate rises for the next 12 months. Bonds, which normally offer some cushion to

ESG Update: Healthcare Lending The start of the current year has been characterised by high geopolitical risks, with inflation reaching highs we had not seen since the 1970s and the human tragedy we are witnessing in Ukraine after Russia’s invasion, with all its socio-economic repercussions. These events prompted a downward revision in the global growth

2022 Q1 Market Commentary When Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24th we wrote a client update saying that although the war would probably drag on with a terrible human cost, the impact on markets would be shorter and sharper. So far (and tragically for Ukraine) this has proven to be the case. Most major markets

Market Update Chris Brown, CIO, 11th March 2022 When Covid hit, we wrote to clients that the fight against the pandemic was a bit like a war. Wars normally go on much longer than people think at the start and have a much higher human cost. But eventually, we thought we would win the war