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The popularity of ESG investing has grown significantly in recent years.

US equities began 2019 with a welcome respite, reversing course from their downward spiral in December 2018.

Despite some emerging evidence that Europe's economic prospects may be stabilising, the direction of the region's equity markets remains determined by extraneous factors, notably the progress of ongoing US-China trade negotiations.

We see far too many examples of management teams across 'UK plc' failing to act in the interests of the stakeholders of the companies they are employed to run.

The London IPO market has been subdued since the second half of 2018, as a result of increased market volatility.

Most investors shunning energy companies due to oil price volatility

The UK market is a fantastic contrarian investment for those investors able to take a longer-term approach to their portfolio.

Japanese stocks have more than doubled their returns since December 2012, on the back of Abenomics, but many investors are still not convinced of the sustainability of the rally.

Markets continue to climb the proverbial wall of worry and the S&P 500 index was back into record-setting mode in April.

Today we are seeing change in the political environment, investor priorities and market landscape at a faster pace than ever before.