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In the early hours of 13 June 2025, Israel launched extensive aerial and covert strikes across Iran, targeting a wide range of nuclear, military, and energy personnel and facilities.

It’s been a remarkable month for financial markets which have experienced historic levels of volatility and a near-unprecedented V-shaped recovery, all in the space of about 21 trading days since ‘Liberation Day’!

In recent years, we aimed to position portfolios with the intention of protecting against a stressed market environment.

It’s been a turbulent week across financial markets as investors, corporations, and policymakers were buffeted by US President Donald Trump’s ‘Liberation Day’ assault on global trade.

On 2 April 2025, US President Donald Trump announced a minimum 10% across-the-board tariff on goods imports into the US and a slew of targeted reciprocal tariffs against a range of major trading partners.

Treasurer Chalmers delivered the Government’s fourth Federal Budget on 25 March 2025.

Investors are piling into the world’s most valuable stock, Nvidia, but adviser to the ultra rich LGT Crestone is taking a more cautious approach.

Late this week, the US Federal Reserve (Fed) lowered official interest rates by 50 basis points (bps), to 4.75–5.00%.

Recent market volatility has reminded us of an essential investing rule: don’t panic.