After the disappointment of 2018, Chief Executive Peter Harrison rounds up the factors our fund managers think could lead to a brighter year ahead.

Global cities look set to benefit from a technological revolution in 2019 as investors place a higher value on knowledge than manufacturing

The economy stalled in August after a strong July.

Japan’s impressive labour market data masks the low number of women employed or actively looking for work, known as the participation rate. We look at what might happen as this number rises.

Real estate investors may not be aware of the impact psychology can have on cities.

Global equities, as measured by the MSCI World index, gained in August but there were significant regional differences amid persistent US-China trade tensions and Turkey’s currency crisis.

When interest rates are so low and tolerance for debt so high, the chances are that someone somewhere is borrowing too much – and you only have to look back a decade to see the potential consequences.

We have trimmed our forecast for global growth for the second time this year, largely driven by cuts to Europe and Japan as well as escalating trade wars.

Quickview: We think the world economy is entering a soft patch, something backed up by today’s payroll numbers from the US.

Many experts can shy away from making and using checklists as they see them as boring or perhaps even an admission of weakness – but why would you ignore something that helps avoid significant mistakes?

Carpetright’s store leases were a serious issue for the business back in 2014 and the terms of a new agreement with its creditors suggest they are likely to continue being so.

The benign investment backdrop fixed income markets have enjoyed for many years is changing.

A look back at markets in May when global equities advanced but political risks re-emerged in Europe.

So what do value investing and a medical treatment known as ‘FMT’ have in common? You might want to finish eating before you read any further…

In highly uncertain fields such as sport and investment, you need to make peace with the idea that good decisions made on the best available evidence can still lead to poor outcomes

A look back on what happened to equities and bonds in April, as the oil price rallied.

If investors want to avoid too many regrets then, rather than looking at the world in terms of black and white or right and wrong, they need to start thinking in terms of probabilities

Growth is a slippery and unpredictable beast – not that that stops people trying to forecast it – and when expected growth fails to materialise, the market can be unforgiving