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Stay informed with our quick investment update video where John Wyn-Evans explains our investment response as the Iran conflict continues to push up the price of energy and create shortages in key materials.
In particular, he says:
We still think de-escalation of the conflict is most likely, but we’ve prepared for the risk of a worse outcome.
With corporate earnings growth strong, pushing global equity indices to within a hair’s breadth of all-time highs, we’ve kept exposure to equities and other risk assets in line with benchmark weightings.
But we’ve invested more in US equities: America’s more self-sufficient in energy and US companies are at the forefront in tech.
We’ve increased inflation-linked gilts and shorter-dated bonds, which are less volatile than longer-dated.
