Brexit, begin

Nine months after the referendum that overturned half a century of British economic and foreign policy, the UK government has invoked Article 50. The ‘phoney war’ is over, and now begins at least two years of negotiations that, absent a dramatic U-turn, will conclude with Britain leaving the European Union. No one can be certain…

The revolution of 2016: what have we learned?

2016 has seen a dizzying succession of electoral earthquakes which have made it the most revolutionary year since the fall of the Berlin Wall. To borrow Tony Blair’s words from October 2001: – The kaleidoscope has been shaken, the pieces are in flux. Here are six lessons that asset managers and investors can take away…