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Global Investment Outlook 2020
Our thoughts for 2020 Two thousand and nineteen has overall produced strong returns for investors even though volatility increased in equity and bond markets over the year. We are currently in one of the longest US bull market runs in history. The last notable bull run was from December 1987
Property Fund Suspension
Not another fund suspension! Earlier this week we had yet again an announcement of a temporary fund suspension from one of the leading property fund managers in the UK. M&G Investments announced the temporary suspension of its UK Property fund and feeder property funds. M&G citied the impact of Brexit
Economic Review – November 2019
GROWTH SLOWEST SINCE 2010 Although the UK economy did expand during the third quarter, thereby avoiding recession, growth was weaker than expected […]
Property Market Review – November 2019
GROWTH CONFINED TO THE INDUSTRIAL SECTOR The latest UK Commercial Property Market Survey from the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors […]
Economic Review – October 2019
UK SET TO AVOID RECESSION Better-than-expected gross domestic product (GDP) data for the latest three-month period has all but dispelled fears […]
Property Market Review – Oct 19
MAJORITY OF COMMERCIAL MORTGAGE BROKERS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT YEAR AHEAD The recently released ‘Broker Barometer’ from Shawbrook Bank has revealed that 67% of commercial mortgage brokers are feeling confident about the lending environment in 2020. Just over half of respondents (53%) stating they feel confident about business growth in the year ahead. Despite the political environment […]