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Tactical Positioning We have not made any major tactical changes in portfolios over the last two weeks and remain slightly underweight equities versus our targets. We can see a time when we might add to equities, but trade wars are damaging to sentiment and having some ‘dry powder’ in the short term provides useful optionality. […]
On 13 June we held our half yearly “Meet the Investment Committee” meeting at Home House in London. Our guest speakers were Lord Lamont and Dr Jacques Attali. Daniel Pinto and Jonathan Bell gave an update on the current investment environment. Videos and presentations from each speaker are in the links below. Please note that by […]
Tactical Positioning Over the last two weeks we have been watching the energy market closely. During the past 12 months, oil has risen by close to 40%, culminating in a ‘mini-spike’ in recent weeks. Although there has been a near term price pull-back, the fundamentals behind oil and energy demand seem to have moved to […]
Tactical Positioning Following an active first quarter we have not made any major changes over the fortnight. We are planning to deploy part of the cash in portfolios into strategies that have less volatility than the equity indices as we are concerned that downside risks, that could be damaging to portfolios, still exist. We will […]
Tactical Positioning We have not made any tactical changes since our last bulletin dated the 31st March. Markets have managed to recover a little despite the ongoing flow of unpredictable actions from President Trump. The current ‘outbreak’ of increased market volatility may benefit hedge funds and we are currently revisiting our selection of managers. Hedge […]
Tactical Positioning In our mid-March Bulletin we mentioned that we were considering a cut in equity exposure. We followed through with this shortly afterwards and now sit with the lowest equity exposure in portfolios for four years. The tariff issue is turning out to be a major distraction for investors and the eventual outcome is […]
Tactical Positioning In recent days, we have started to see signals from markets to make us reconsider our equity positioning. Global growth looks solid and is synchronised for the first time in a decade but we are lacking any short term catalyst, in our view, that could lead valuations much higher. By contrast, our list […]
Stanhope Capital, the global investment firm, is pleased to announce the appointment of Alex Kershaw as Partner within its Portfolio Management Team. He joins Stanhope Capital after 15 years with institutional investment adviser Cambridge Associates where he was formerly head of the London office and head of the Middle East and Africa Practice. His clients […]