14 April 2023
Talking factsheet: Global Flexible Bond Strategy
Talking factsheet: Global Flexible Bond Strategy

Ariel Bezalel gives an overview of Jupiter’s global flexible bond strategy, how the investment process works, and how the team seek to generate alpha.

18 October 2021
Jupiter Merlin Weekly: Evolution or revolution in China?
Jupiter Merlin Weekly: Evolution or revolution in China?

China’s re-socialisation: evolutionary or revolutionary? The Jupiter Merlin team analyses the bigger picture behind the Evergrande collapse.

13 April 2023
Webcast: The death of the inflation cycle may be exaggerated
Webcast: The death of the inflation cycle may be exaggerated

With labour markets in many parts of the world remaining tight, talk of disinflation could be premature. In this webcast Mark Nash, Huw Davies and James Novotny discuss the macro backdrop and the outlook for fixed income.

14 October 2021
Inflation: demographics, narrative, and the snow globe economy
Inflation: demographics, narrative, and the snow globe economy

Inflation is the topic that has dominated the market discourse this year, and if anything that has only intensified in recent weeks. To discuss this topic, we brought together Ariel Bezalel (Head of Strategy, Fixed Income), Ned Naylor-Leyland (Head of Gold & Silver) and Talib Sheikh (Head of Strategy, Multi-Asset) to examine the implications for their asset classes.

11 April 2023
Playing the game of unintended consequences
Playing the game of unintended consequences

The Jupiter Merlin team discuss the diverging views between central banks about how best they should maintain financial stability and defeat inflation.

10 September 2021
Will gold regain its lustre as stimulus kindles inflation hopes?
Will gold regain its lustre as stimulus kindles inflation hopes?

Ned Naylor-Leyland, Head of Strategy, Gold & Silver, says gold looks interesting at the moment as prices reign much below the peak seen a year ago amid uncertainty posed by new variants of coronavirus.

11 April 2023
From the deluded to the downright dangerous
From the deluded to the downright dangerous

The Jupiter Merlin team discuss government plans for energy (deluded?) and levelling up (dangerous?) before considering the implications of climate change policy.

10 September 2021
Jupiter Merlin Weekly: A catastrophic failure of Western policy
Jupiter Merlin Weekly: A catastrophic failure of Western policy

As tragic scenes unfold in Afghanistan, the Merlin team give their view on the causes and ramifications of this foreign policy failure for the US and its allies.

16 March 2023
Budget reaction: A glass half full Budget for the optimists
Budget reaction: A glass half full Budget for the optimists

Richard Buxton assesses Jeremy Hunt’s first full budget, in which the Chancellor sought to incentivise companies to invest in and encourage re-participation in the workforce.

10 September 2021
Jupiter Merlin Weekly: Apocalypse Now?
Jupiter Merlin Weekly: Apocalypse Now?

The recent ‘Code Red!’ IPCC climate change report raises many fundamental policy issues. The Jupiter Merlin team looks at the future, not least an impending ‘carbon climate compression clash’, and discusses how it approaches climate change pragmatically in its investments.

10 March 2023
Notes from the Investment Floor: The mood music is starting to lift
Notes from the Investment Floor: The mood music is starting to lift

Jon Wallace looks at the impact that a moderation in inflation, and structurally higher energy prices, are having on environmental solutions businesses.

3 August 2021
Opportunities in impact investing for climate change
Opportunities in impact investing for climate change

Jon Wallace explains how the pace of action to halt climate change must step up dramatically and the challenges and investment opportunities that may result.

21 March 2023
Ukraine and a world in conflict and flux
Ukraine and a world in conflict and flux

The Jupiter Merlin team ask whether support for Ukraine is strengthening or wavering in the West, and what might the end game be for this devastating conflict?

5 July 2021
Jupiter Merlin Weekly: Geopolitics and long-term risk
Jupiter Merlin Weekly: Geopolitics and long-term risk

The Merlin team discuss geopolitics this week, as G7 leaders unveiled the “Build Back Better World” initiative and the Royal Navy entered disputed waters.

16 March 2023
Why so much volatility in bonds?
Why so much volatility in bonds?

The Jupiter Merlin team examine what has already been a rollercoaster year in bond markets.

1 July 2021
Finding Excellence in European Equities
Finding Excellence in European Equities

Mark Nichols and Phil Macartney discuss what the improved economic backdrop in Europe means for their European Growth strategy

2 July 2021
Jupiter Merlin Weekly: Has the Fed moved the monetary goalposts?
Jupiter Merlin Weekly: Has the Fed moved the monetary goalposts?

The Merlin team discuss the Federal Reserve’s shift in policy, political arguments in the US and EU, and ask what happens beyond the Covid economic recovery.

13 March 2023
UK capital gains tax change brings multi-manager products into focus
UK capital gains tax change brings multi-manager products into focus

Jupiter’s Independent Funds Team look at the implication of the UK’s sharp reduction in capital gains tax allowance and how that may affect portfolio management.

8 March 2023
What might a recession mean for high yield investors?
What might a recession mean for high yield investors?

Adam Darling says a global recession looks probable and may bring opportunities in high yield bonds for active investors.

29 June 2021
A question of trust: crypto assets, gold, silver, an the future of the global monetary system
A question of trust: crypto assets, gold, silver, an the future of the global monetary system

Are we about to push reset on the global monetary system? Since 2008 the revolution in central bank policy has been extraordinary and fiat currencies, totally reliant on trust, have been undermined arguably to breaking point. Can fiat currencies endure? If not, then could the world turn to a combination of ancient assets (gold, silver) and the ultra-modern (crypto)? In this special event Ned Naylor-Leyland, Head of Gold & Silver is joined by Daniel Masters, chairman of digital asset platform CoinShares, for a lively and informative discussion.