Equities

Worst quarterly performance in Q3 for three years for UK dividends

Healthcare stocks served as powerful painkillers during last year’s market declines; while the MSCI World index fell by 8.7%, healthcare stocks grew 4.8%.

In the US, the consumer is king; spending is at its strongest in four-and-a half years, retail sales are up, jobs and productivity figures are steady and wage growth continues.

Disrupters, tech leaders and global-facing stocks

Lyxor Asset Management has set a climate policy based on four pillars that will underpin its responsible investment strategy and form a “conceptual and operational framework” for applying climate issues to its core business.

Dispelling falsehoods on ESG investing

Nine-tenths believe UK is less competitive because of Brexit

European equity markets have struggled to perform since the start of 2018 owing to the relaunch of trade wars by US President Trump, coupled with uncertainty surrounding Brexit.

Assessing the growing popularity of meat-free alternatives

No single internal structure suits all businesses