Michael Crawford

Jan 13, 2025 | pwmnet.com | Nigel Green |Ali Al-Enazi |Matt Lonsdale |Michael Crawford

For a developed economy, the UK has suffered several humiliating economic episodes, and there could be more trouble ahead. The UK is, once again, it would seem at the precipice of a financial upheaval, one that carries unsettling echoes of the 1976 International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout crisis. With bond yields surging, the pound in freefall, and market confidence faltering, the parallels with one of Britain’s darkest economic chapters are increasingly difficult to ignore.

Dec 10, 2024 | pwmnet.com | Michael Crawford |Ali Al-Enazi |Marc Acheson |Yuri Bender

Nordic equity markets have long kept pace with more popular global counterparts and there are persuasive arguments for why the Scandinavian story is more than a once-in-a-year gift. As many eyes turn to focus on Santa’s winter wonderland home this December, it’s wise to reflect that Finland and its Nordic cousins have been gifting investors some joyous returns for decades. The Nordics are a prime hunting ground. The region’s equity markets have certainly performed impressively over the long term.