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Quarterly Investment Review - Q4 2009
15 January 2010
Some investors will no doubt be glad to see the back of 2009...
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Quarterly Investment Review - Q3 2009
22 October 2009
What a difference six months can make!
Equity markets have recovered dramatically and so too has the corporate bond market...
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Quarterly Investment Review - Q2 2009
20 July 2009
It is possible that when economic historians look back at the financial crisis that we have experienced since the summer of 2007 that they will identify Q2 of this year as the start of the recovery.
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Quarterly Investment Review - Q1 2009
23 April 2009
The first quarter was yet another difficult one for investors, but there were some improvements in a number of important economic indicators. We take a closer look at what it meant for the majority of pension schemes and present our economic outlook.
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Quarterly Investment Review - Q4 2008
2 January 2009
If the third quarter of 2008 was traumatic for anyone associated with the financial markets, the fourth quarter was doubly so. In particular equity markets continued falling, extending their losses for the year...
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Quarterly Investment Review - Q3 2008
4 November 2008
The financial market chaos of the last quarter had a significant impact on most investors. In many ways the banking crisis to date has followed the pattern established by the Scandinavian bank crisis of the early 1990s.
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Quarterly Investment Review - Q2 2008
18 July 2008
This quarter's comprehensive report focuses on recent and prospective market and economic developments and the impact these developments have had on pension scheme finances.
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Quarterly Investment Review - Q1 2008
9 April 2008
This quarter's investment review looks at the performance of global equity markets and the effects of the credit crunch. We also consider the economic outlook for the months ahead.
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Quarterly Investment Review - Q4 2007
11 January 2008
Our investment review considers the factors that have influenced the decline in most of the equity indices during the quarter and the impact on a typical DB pension scheme as well as the economic outlook for the months ahead.
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Quarterly Investment Review - Q2 2007
13 August 2007
Despite all the apparent turmoil in financial markets at the moment,
Q2 has been very positive for the finances of many UK defined
benefit (DB) pension schemes.
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Quarterly Investment Review - Q1 2007
16 May 2007
Our 1st investment review reflects on the past months and tries to draw some conclusions for the months ahead.
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