Standard Chartered Money Insights

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine marks a dramatic escalation. However, history teaches us that market reactions to geopolitical events are usually short-lived. Meanwhile, we believe the West is constrained in the retaliatory actions it can take given Europe’s dependence on Russian gas. This suggests markets are likely to recover in the coming months. Those worried about the short term could supplement their diversified foundation allocation with holdings of gold or Japanese yen.

Speaker:

• Steve Brice, Chief Investment Officer, Standard Chartered Bank

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In today’s edition of Talking Thematics, Audrey Goh discusses the recent performance of climate investments and how Europe may double down on its clean energy development following the rise in geopolitical tensions. 

Speaker:

• Audrey Goh, Senior Cross-Asset Strategist, Standard Chartered Bank

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In today’s edition of Cut to the Chase, Manpreet Gill discusses learnings from history about prior equity pullbacks, what we can learn from recent economic data in Singapore, New Zealand’s pioneering efforts at inflation targeting and why we like the SGD and NZD. 

Speaker:

• Manpreet Gill, Head of Fixed Income, Currency and Commodities (FICC) Investment Strategy, Standard Chartered Bank

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In the second installment of a two-part mini-series, Trang Nguyen explains the process to construct a foundation portfolio and how to position it in the next 5-7 years. 

Speaker:

• Trang Nguyen, Portfolio Strategist, Standard Chartered Bank

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In the first installment of a two-part mini-series, Trang Nguyen discusses the role and basic concepts of a foundation portfolio for a successful investment journey. 

Speaker:

• Trang Nguyen, Portfolio Strategist, Standard Chartered Bank

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In today’s edition of Cut to the Chase, Manpreet Gill discusses his observations from the market’s reaction to Ukraine-related geopolitical risks, and why they favour only adding hedges at this stage rather than reducing core equity allocations. 

Speaker:

• Manpreet Gill, Head of Fixed Income, Currency and Commodities (FICC) Investment Strategy, Standard Chartered Bank

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In today’s edition of Cut to the Chase, Manpreet Gill discusses why the Japanese yen offers an attractive risk hedge at this point in time, and why adding a hedge may be a preferable approach to today’s geopolitical challenges over cutting back on long-term equity exposure.

Speaker:

• Manpreet Gill, Head of Fixed Income, Currency and Commodities (FICC) Investment Strategy, Standard Chartered Bank

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In today’s edition of Cut to the Chase, Manpreet Gill discusses why it is important to monitor major equity market technicals in the week ahead, how Ukraine is set to continue to dominate the market narrative and how Singapore is set to run its 4th consecutive budget deficit. 

Speaker:

• Manpreet Gill, Head of Fixed Income, Currency and Commodities (FICC) Investment Strategy, Standard Chartered Bank

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Steve talks to Daniel Lam, who runs the CIO Office equity strategy team, about the value of stepping back from the day-to-day newsflow especially when it comes to geopolitical developments. They also discuss the beneficiaries of high oil prices, the implications of the European and Chinese earnings seasons and whether JPY exposure could be a good portfolio hedge.

Speakers:
- Steve Brice, Chief Investment Officer, Standard Chartered Bank
- Daniel Lam, Senior Cross-Asset Strategist, Standard Chartered Bank

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In today’s edition of Cut to the Chase, Manpreet Gill discusses how markets viewed Fed meeting minutes with a sense of relief and how to potentially navigate a mix of good and bad macroeconomic news through our preferred currencies. 

Speaker:

• Manpreet Gill, Head of Fixed Income, Currency and Commodities (FICC) Investment Strategy, Standard Chartered Bank

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