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Will Bartleet, CIO and Portfolio Manager of Pacific Multi-Asset
The 3-6-3 Rule

Bank managers used to operate on the 3-6-3 rule: borrow at 3%, lend at 6% and be on the golf course by 3pm. Ultra-low interest rates and QE has pushed down the spread between the cost of borrowing and lending which has had a detrimental effect on their net interest margins. Rising bond yields relieve this pressure, and this combined with far fewer fines, an easing of the regulatory environment and cost cutting means that earnings are growing again. 

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From Matt Linsey and the North of South Capital team

Are commodity prices less relevant for our asset class? Over the past ten years the weighting of energy, oil and gas and mining has fallen by more than 50% to less than 15.0% of our index. At the same time technology, including internet stocks, has more than doubled to where it accounts to close to a quarter of our index.   

Will Bartleet, CIO and Portfolio Manager of Pacific Multi-Asset
Mayday

Politics has not lost its power to bamboozle pollsters and surprise markets. What was meant to be an opportunity to secure a strong conservative majority, now looks like a seriously rash move. Theresa May’s conservative government has been forced to attempt to form a coalition with the Democratic Unionist Party to secure a parliamentary majority. If they fail to reach an agreement, there is every possibility that the UK voters will be back at the polling stations later in the summer.