CORPORATE AND INSTITUTIONAL

Hands in pockets: Chinese consumers are confident but that doesn’t show up in retail sales data

Oil and equities have bounced back up.

Oil prices and US equities are back close to where they were at the start of the year.

Housing market cools; job ads pull back.

US stocks take a big hit. The Aussie and New Zealand dollars seem to have come off the worst out of the major currencies with a rise in uncertainty, whereas Sterling has risen.

The US dollar and Treasury yields fell on Friday as Fed Vice Chair Richard Clarida said they were close to being neutral on interest rates.

Trade impacts are yet to emerge, but mixed signals persist in China.

How low can the pound go if the UK shifts towards a no-deal Brexit?

Global growth is above average but slowing.

Wherever you look, the future is about technology – the way we invest, care for our health and even how we grow our food. We take a look at where technology might take us in 2019.

Uncertainty on whether the UK Cabinet would pass May’s Brexit deal played heavily on the pound overnight but it rebounded when the deal was approved.

Customer stewardship matters because infrastructure is an intimate part of nearly every aspect of our lives, therefore quality of services and astute long-term investment decisions have never been more important