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Countries battle against coronavirus fallout

Highlights from first Budget of this Parliament

Follows work of TCFD

2019 General Election result also key factor

We are 11 years into one of the greatest stockmarket upswings in history, yet the joy has not been evenly spread.

Property and tech expected to boom

Equities, bonds, gold, even Bitcoin, along with a range of other assets, have chalked up big gains since the US Federal Reserve made a sharp policy U-turn by cutting interest rates in response to slowing economy last autumn

Heightened volatility here to stay

Investors in the UK housebuilding sector have enjoyed exceptional returns since the Global Financial Crisis and 2019 was no different, with average total returns including dividends of 53%.

The myriad monetary policy easing measures observed across the globe allied with (admittedly, more modest) fiscal stimulus from countries such as China, Japan, France and the UK has led investors to believe that economic growth going forward is well underpinned,...