On Wednesday evening Alastair McCaig Head of Investment Management for Fern Wealth joined Jonathan Ferro on Bloomberg radio discussing Brexit negotiations, the latest EU and US economic data releases and general equity market performance. Click here to listen to the interview on Bloomberg.
Synopsis of the week European equity markets continued moving sideways as traders waited for the ECB president`s comments regarding the EU’s QE scheme during his speech in America at the end of the week. Until Tuesday mornings North Korean missile test the panic caused by statements from both North Korea and the US appeared to have eased. Gold’s spike to…
Fern Wealth’s Director of Investment Management Alastair McCaig joined Bloomberg host Jonathan Ferro on Tuesday evening. They discussed the bounce in the FTSE over the day and individual movers, Britains first July Budget surplus since 2002 and the appetite for US Bonds with over $1 Trillion having been issued this year already. Click here to listen to the interview on…
On Wednesday evening Alastair joined Bloomberg host Jonathan Ferro for an hour long special discussing UK unemployment data, European growth, expectations of US interest rate moves and what to look out for over the rest of the week. Click here to listen to the interview on Bloomberg.
Fern Wealth’s Director of Investment Management Alastair McCaig joined Bloomberg host Caroline Hyde as they discussed the increasing rhetoric between North Korea and the US and the consequences for the Swiss Franc along with the latest Brexit negotiations and current market conditions. Click here to listen to the interview on Bloomberg.
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Fern Wealth’s Director of Investment Management Alastair McCaig joined Bloomberg host Jonathan Ferro and Richard Jones Bloomberg’s FX & Rates Strategist to talk about UK GDP, the looming US Fed decision, Currency moves in Swiss Franc, Sterling, Euro and US Dollar along with the UK joining France in setting a deadline for the end of combustion engined car sales. Click…
Synopsis of the week The ECB kept interest rates unchanged, which triggered dramatic moves in the Euro following its press conference. The recent success in passing “bank stress tests” has already been forgotten about as US banks have seen their shares slide following that latest quarterly update. The second round of Brexit negotiations saw a divergence of opinion on how…
Our Director of Investment Management Alastair McCaig comments on Dukascopy TV. Discussing the ECB interest rate decisions and stimulus policies, Euro strength and Swiss Franc weakness. Click here to see the full interview.
Fern Wealth’s Director of Investment Management Alastair McCaig joined Bloomberg’s FX and Rates Strategist Richard Jones and host Jonathan Ferro to discuss the European Central Bank interest rate decision, French President Emmanuel Macron and UK pensions. Click here to listen to the interview on Bloomberg.
