Multi-Asset: December Monthly Commentary

2 minutes read timeThe final month of 2023 delivered a rally in almost all major asset classes, as the market began to price in a greater likelihood that central banks will begin an interest rate cutting cycle in mid-2024.

Multi-Asset: November Monthly Commentary

< 1 minute read timeAfter a weak October, markets bounced back strongly in November, with global equities in sterling up over 5%. Global bonds also rallied, as the headline inflation print in the US fell short of expectations.

Multi-Asset: October Monthly Commentary

2 minutes read timeIn October geopolitical risk dominated the headlines with escalating tensions in the Middle East leading to volatility picking up, particularly in bond markets.

Pacific Multi-Asset Solutions Video Update

< 1 minute read timeIn this Video Update, Freddie Streeter, Head of Multi-Asset Solutions, is joined by Pacific’s Chief Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager, Will Bartleet, and Will Thompson, Chief Sustainability Officer and Portfolio Manager. Together, they explore the key growth drivers from Q3, from the growing dominance of the AI theme and the sectors behind it, to the valuation expansion in Emerging Markets and how Pacific is positioned should a bubble emerge.

Multi-Asset: September Monthly Commentary

2 minutes read timeIn September, stock markets were volatile, Will Bartleet (CIO/Portfolio Manager) and William Thompson (CSO/Portfolio Manager) discuss how pressure from bond markets and a possible pause in the Federal Reserve’s rate hiking cycle could affect risk assets.