Investment team updates – Bullet points 22 October

MarketUpdates

Our investment team provide their weekly snapshot of market events.

Topix hits 30-year high as PM Suga announces resignation

Daisuke Nomoto examines the events that have seen Yoshihide Suga resign as PM, looks at the potential candidates to replace him, and the implications of each for the market.

Japan: Olympic host’s equity market is uniquely positioned

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With the Tokyo Olympics scheduled to take place later this month, all eyes will be on Japan this summer.

Japan’s software revolution is making up for lost time

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Despite being a global hardware leader, Japan is behind the curve on software. However, the use of software solutions by companies is at last picking up pace

Konjunkturprognosen – 2. Quartal 2021

William Davies wirft einen Blick auf die Ereignisse in verschiedenen Regionen der Welt im 2. Quartal, von der Wirtschaftsleistung und den Konjunkturpaketen bis hin zum Tempo der Wiedereröffnung „Post-Covid“ und den Jobaussichten – und was dies alles für die Zukunft bedeuten könnte.

Sustainable aviation fuel is ready for take-off

The aviation sector consumes around 8% of all oil. How realistic are attempts to reduce emissions through the use of sustainable aviation fuel?

Fondsmanager-Interview: Festhalten an einer globalen Ausrichtung

Zu einem Zeitpunkt, zu dem die Volkswirtschaften auf eine Welt nach Covid-19 blicken und Inflationssorgen zunehmen, sprechen wir mit dem Manager der Strategie Global Focus darüber, was 2021 bringen könnte.

Fund manager interview: maintaining a global focus

With economies looking towards a post-Covid world and concerns around inflation growing, we talk to the manager of the Global Focus strategy about what 2021 might have in store

Covid-19 index: when might life return to ‘normal’?

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With every country attempting to return to normality following the coronavirus pandemic, we are monitoring US economic activity as well as other measures of ’normality‘ such as entertainment and leisure, high street shopping, and schools reopening.

CIO-Ausblick EMEA 2021: Gewissheiten und Ungewissheiten nach einem turbulenten Jahr

Unseres Erachtens werden drei Themen die Investmentlandschaft im Jahr 2021 beherrschen: die Entwicklung eines Covid-19-Impfstoffs, die politische Landschaft in den USA nach der Präsidentschaftswahl vom November und der Brexit.