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Read our latest insights curated to meet your investment and wealth needs, ranging from our house view, FX trends, global and regional market outlook, to sustainability insights, thought leadership articles and financial education.

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Capture market moves and our latest views

Last quarter proved to be an eventful period for investors, as more central banks embarked...[5 Sep]
US recession fears have eased on solid earnings growth along with more constructive labour...[2 Sep]
As expected, the FOMC kept rates unchanged at the July meeting. The Fed funds rate remains...[1 Aug]
President Joe Biden announced on Sunday that he has withdrawn as the Democratic Party’s...[22 Jul]

Stay on top of the FX market

The BoC cut its policy rate by 25bp to 4.25% in September, as widely expected…[9 Sep]
AUD rose against the dollar yesterday as the dollar eased broadly after the release of US...[13 Sep]
The USD decline looks overdone relative to US rates which, in turn, also seems overly…[29 Aug]
Markets are debating a soft vs hard landing in the US...[26 Aug]
The US Dollar Index is down almost 3% quarter-to-date…[19 Aug]

Explore regional opportunities

Federal Reserve rate cuts move closer and US election uncertainty rises. [11 Sep]
Average temperatures are rising; the sensitivity of food prices across each category to...[4 Sep]
Consumption recovered a touch in July, manufacturing stayed buoyant, but property market...[19 Aug]
Services inflation falls but goods price pressures re-emerging. [19 Aug]
Markets have been spooked by some weaker US data, currency moves and tech earnings…[8 Aug]

Keep up with ESG and new trends

Climate change affects the taste of beer, and firms in the industry need to ensure taste...[21 Aug]
Insect protein plays an important role in future food security, providing rich nutritional...[14 Jun]
Social issues related to matters such as wages and treatment of workers have been growing...[24 May]
Tourism, as we know it, is changing in the face of rising temperatures and extreme weather...[28 Mar]
The transition away from fossil fuels was mentioned for the first time in a climate...[9 Jan]

Learn to invest

Financial resilience, the ability to recover from financial setbacks, is strongly linked...[2 Sep]
Diversification involves spreading your investments across a wide range of assets to...[19 Jun]
We surveyed over 11,000 affluent individuals across 11 markets and asked some simple yet...[5 Jun]
This article aims to provide you with a general understanding about Securitised Credit.[9 May]
Have you ever had a dreaded ‘what if’ scenario plague your thoughts? What if something bad...[3 May]

More articles

The RBA delivered a hawkish hold on 6 August, and the BoJ unexpectedly hiked rates to 0.25…[12 Aug]
The returns of a bond are composed of coupon income and price changes. A key metric of...[29 Apr]
With growing concerns over a US recession and more aggressive market pricing for Fed...[6 Aug]
The US Dollar Index is down almost 3% quarter-to-date…[19 Aug]
In a period of headline chasing, we prefer to go back to the basics of our FX framework…[23 Jul]
The communique of the Third Plenum laid out key structural reforms for the coming years...[22 Jul]