Autumn Statement summary
The Chancellor, Jeremy Hunt, presented the Government’s Autumn Statement to the House of Commons on Thursday which has been eagerly anticipated following a volatile few months in the political and economic arenas.
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October Monthly Market Review
Global equities rebounded in October, rising 2.8% from the perspective of a £-sterling based investor. This came as markets processed mixed third quarter earnings, further monetary tightening, new fiscal support packages and a slowdown in economic activity.
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September Monthly Market Review
Recession fears take hold September’s market activity displayed similarities to August: after an encouraging start, every asset class bar gold headed south. The month ended with an acceleration in the sell-off, which brought the summer quarter to a disappointing close.
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Mini Budget 2022 summary
Following Chancellor’s Kwasi Kwarteng Mini budget speech last week, it seems that it was a ‘Mini’ budget in name only, as big changes were unveiled as a package of tax cuts aimed at addressing the rising cost of living and delivering future growth. Read our summary of the wider points that were not necessarily in
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Headley Team Triathlon – we did it!
We did it!…. and if you didn’t sponsor us before, there’s still time! Our triathlon was completed on Saturday and we were lucky to have the perfect day for it. We survived without injury and all achieved the personal challenge that we had set ourselves. Donna swam 13km along the Thames from Henley to Marlow,
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Headley Autumn Newsletter 2022
Our usual communication seems somewhat untimely following the very sad passing of Queen Elizabeth. She has been a constant in our most of our lives and has always been faithful to her duty, consistently honourable yet caring. Queen Elizabeth has been a superb ambassador and role model and will be greatly missed.
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Headley’s Team Triathlon
Swim 🏊♀️, Walk 🚶♀️, Cycle 🚲 on 17th September 2022 Once again, we are trying to raise money for a good cause and we desperately need your help! After being unable to run our usual charity challenge for a while, we are back to fitness and raring to go! This year we want to make
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August Monthly Market Review
After a promising start, in the end, August turned into a rough ride in capital markets. Equity markets across the world took a downturn, and bond yields rose once more, putting downward pressure on bond prices.
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July Monthly Market Review
July was a great month for global investors. In sterling terms, the MSCI World Index climbed 6.8%, while bond yields fell across board, boosting bond values.
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June Monthly Market Review
June was not a strong month for global equities, which declined 5% for UK£ sterling investors on the back of worries around an upcoming global recession. In fact, the first six months of 2022 proved to be the worst first half of the year in more than 50 years for major equity markets.
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Headley Summer Newsletter 2022
We’re buzzing with the fine seasonal weather and really enjoy seeing our clients again, in person on a one to one basis. Zoom and Teams calls definitely have their uses, but there’s nothing quite like a good catch up and advice over a cuppa at the office.
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May Monthly Market Review
May 2022 was the definition of a rollercoaster month of equity performance. Equity markets rose in the first few days of May, followed by a rapid sell off, eventually recovering to finish the month down 0.3%. Bond returns were virtually flat as well and even commodity prices could only gain a net 1% in May.
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