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Cardano, the pension advisory and investment management specialist, has been appointed to act as the outsourced chief investment officer (OCIO) for the Northumbrian Water Pension Scheme in the UK.  

Summarising this month’s investment view, Shweta Singh, Chief Economist at Cardano, commented: “Economic data in the US has been more resilient than expected, leading to upward revisions to the near-term growth outlook, but we think there is room for disappointment.  

Shweta Singh, Chief Economist at Cardano, shares her thoughts on the Bank of England’s decision today to raise interest rates to 5.25% “The Bank of England (BOE) voted 6-3 to raise the policy rate by 25bps to 5.25% in one of the most divided decisions since the tightening cycle began in December 2021. The decision is […]

mallowstreet, in partnership with Cardano, is proud to announce the return of our annual survey of the pension trustee community to understand the challenges around Equality, Diversity and Inclusion.

Shweta Singh, Chief Economist at Cardano, shared her thoughts on the ECB Governing Council (GC)’s decision on 27th July to raise the three key policy rates by 25bps.

Slowing growth and persistent inflationary pressures paint a bleak picture for H2 2023. Read our latest macroeconomic commentary here from the multi-asset team.

The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) accelerated the pace of its hiking cycle raising interest rates by 0.50% to 5.00% at the June meeting. Shweta Singh, Chief Economist, shares her thoughts here.

The ECB raised the policy interest rates by another 25bps at the June meeting. Our Chief Economist, Shweta Singh, shares her thoughts.

Global economic growth will deteriorate throughout 2023 and will show only some modest improvement in the second half of 2024. The lagged effect of one of the most aggressive tightening cycles in developed economies in recent history will continue to weigh on global liquidity, financing conditions, and economic growth. Read the multi-asset team’s latest macroeconomic investment view here.

Biodiversity research study first launched in September 2022 now complete. Conservation areas and areas where palm oil is being produced showed notably different acoustic landscapes. Areas where palm oil is being produced were dominated by monotonous activity of only insects and no mammals were detected. Conservation and Control plots were populated by varying bird species, frogs and mammals.

While today’s ONS statistics for April show a reassuring fall in the number of companies being declared insolvent, down 15% compared to this time last year and down just over 30% from March this year, we must nonetheless remain cautious as one month does not make a trend.