State Street Global Markets today released the results of the State Street Investor Confidence Index* (ICI) for September 2021. The Global Investor Confidence Index decreased to 105.9, a drop of 4.0 points from August’s revised reading of ...

By Jeffrey Halley, Senior Market Analyst, Asia Pacific, OANDA Markets indulged in a choppy, but ultimately range trading day overnight. Equities and bonds moved sideways, while base metals had a mixed day as did energy, where oil remaine...

While central banks continue to prepare for gradual policy normalization, global growth momentum seems to be faltering. In this environment, bond yields are spiking and equity markets struggling. The outcome of the German elections suggests that...

After a poor 2020, 2021 is turning out to be one of the best years for some time in terms of the number of merger and acquisition deals. Jacques Henry, Pictet Wealth Management. M&A activity fell in 2020 due to the pandemic but has bounc...

César Pérez Ruiz, Chief Investment Officer Pictet Wealth Management. After 16 years under the leadership of Angela Merkel, Germans went to the polls yesterday to choose their next government. Merkel’s party alliance, the centre-right CDU/CSU, s...

But the company’s debt issues have repercussions for the wider real estate sector, for China’s credit and equity markets, and for its economic growth model. Julien Holtz, Pictet Wealth Management. Evergrande’s troubles cast doubt over the en...