FLAU News and Press, Franklin FTSE Australia From 04/15/22

After a long weekend, Wall Street is ready to dive back into earnings season. With the ECB taking its time to wrap up bond-buying and start raising rates, it would take something quite substantial to rock the boat. It would appear gold isn’t going to extend its winning run ...

Global bond markets experienced another sell-off in March amid a surge in COVID-19 cases, energy market strains, soaring inflation and uncertainty over the Russia-Ukraine war. In Europe, the negative yielding government bond universe based on amount outstanding shrank from 36.3% to 22...

Stock markets fell in the first quarter as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine destabilized the growth outlook, amplified concerns about rising interest rates and unleashed geopolitical risks. While the conflict has created many uncertainties, we believe the impact of persistent infla...

As we head into the second quarter, it seems the list of economic concerns is growing rather than shrinking and yet equity markets find themselves in a very comfortable position. The rebound from the post-invasion lows has been impressive, to say the least, but whether it’s sus...

Investors appear remarkably calm at the moment given the level of uncertainty we’re facing this year, from inflation to interest rates and even Covid, when you consider China is still embracing lockdowns. Throw soaring commodity prices into the mix and there’s plenty of ...

Preliminary PMI survey output indicators rose in Japan and Australia during March. Supply chain constraints and worsening price pressures have become more pronounced following the Ukraine crisis. Rising cost pressures and geopolitical uncertainty weighed on the business outlook am...

The global economy is facing an incredible amount of uncertainty at the moment which is continuing to drive the volatility we’re seeing in financial markets. Whether it’s uncertainty around inflation, interest rates, commodity prices, Covid or Ukraine, the growth outlook...

The results are intuitive in that the screening can have a significant impact on the specific industries or sectors directly associated with excluded products and activities, but the overall composition of the index is not greatly changed. While this process varies across the Global C...

It’s been another volatile week in financial markets with events in and around Ukraine continuing to dominate. This in turn creates huge uncertainty around the global economic outlook, with soaring commodity prices a massive downside risk for growth and upside risk for inflatio...

Investors are increasingly looking for straightforward ways to align their investments with their personal views on environmental and societal issues. While the Global Choice screening process can have a significant impact on the composition of certain industries, our research found t...