How Blockchain Can Revolutionise the Financial System
Another year, another burst of extreme crypto volatility. But, as Fidelity explains, the blockchain technology behind bitcoin and other digital assets continues to grow in importance.
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Corporates Weigh the Cost of Long-Term Russia Exits
Russia may be un-investable for years to come and many companies around the world will not do business with Putin’s regime again. For some, however, the devil is in the detail.
Read MoreThree Balancing Acts that Just Got Harder
As Fidelity’s Kate Howitt reports, endeavouring to counter the effects of the Covid era is a difficult balancing act, one made even more so by the current conflict in Ukraine.
Read MoreAnalyst Survey 2022: Sector by sector
Fidelity International’s investment experts have recently completed their annual analyst survey for another year. Here is a sector-by-sector breakdown of what those in the know feel are the key points to watch.
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The Metaverse: Does it meta?
The buzz around the “metaverse” has gone into overdrive as the (virtual) reality draws closer and internet giants make big bets on its success. But is it all it’s cracked up to be?
Read MoreThe Implications of a Heating World
Climate change is the defining issue of our time and generation. If no action is taken to address climate change, what are the implications of a heating world for the year 2050?
Read MoreOpportunities in the Energy Transition
As we transition to a low carbon economy, a considerably large investment universe is starting to emerge. Fidelity identifies 8 key investment opportunities from within it.
Read More2022 Fidelity Outlook: Global Equities
James Abela and Maroun Younes, Portfolio Managers of Fidelity’s Future Leaders strategies, break down their outlook for global equity markets in 2022.
Read MoreThe Rise of Automation and Robotics
An ageing, growing population will amplify demand for goods and services around the world, creating exceptional opportunities in areas such as automation and robotics.
Read MoreShaping Investments for the Future
With significant demographic shifts occurring around the world, one useful approach for investors is to use demographic themes and trends as a compass for future investing.
Read MoreThe Benefits of Global Mid and Small Cap Investing
With a strong investment discipline and consistent approach, James Abela and Maroun Younes from Fidelity believe the global stage offers many opportunities to invest in tomorrow’s future leaders.
Read MoreDiversify Your Portfolio
An allocation to both Australian and global equities can bring investors a broader choice of investment opportunities, as well as reduce volatility and enhance potential portfolio returns.
Read MoreAfter the Selloff: What’s next for Chinese equities?
Fidelity’s Paras Anand looks at what might happen next in Chinese markets after the recent selloff due to the publication of regulations targeting education companies fuelled fears of deeper policy uncertainties.
Read MoreChina’s EV Industry Set for Even Faster Growth
Sherry Qin, a research analyst based in Fidelity’s Shanghai office, runs through China’s EV industry, which she believes could grow even faster than current estimations predict.
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Why Active ETFs Continue to Shine
Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) have been around for over 25 years and have been met with extraordinary demand. But what are Active ETFs? Alva Devoy from Fidelity has the answer.
Read MoreFlows vs Friction
For decades, US stock exchanges have been taking centre stage in global equity offerings. But now, as Fidelity’s Paras Anand explains, a potential shift is brewing.
Read MoreThe Perfect Recipe for a Strong Recovery?
It’s been an eventful start to the year so far in global financial markets. Fidelity’s James Abela gives his thoughts on whether the recovery can continue for the rest of 2021.
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Policing the Platforms
Questions about free speech on social media, internet companies’ policies on user expression, and government intervention in the tech industry are becoming impossible for investors to ignore.
Read MoreA Tighter Relationship between US and Australian Equities?
Given the importance of the US in global capital markets, monetary policy decisions made by the United States Federal Reserve have the potential to cause significant local market moves, writes Fidelity’s Anthony Doyle.
Read More2021: The outlook for small to mid-caps
James Abela and Maroun Younes of Fidelity International’s Future Leaders suite of funds share their thoughts on what the new year might have in store for the small- and mid-cap sectors.
Read MoreThe ability to get up and go: Embracing corporate resilience
“The only certainty is uncertainty,” is a well-known idiom. This philosophy is especially relevant right now as the global spread of COVID-19 triggers unprecedented economic disruption and market volatility.
Read MoreUS Elections: As the dust settles
As markets start to look through the US elections, the longer-term focus is on the US domestic economy, regionalisation of global trade, and the resilience of emerging and Asian markets.
Read MoreThe point of maximum uncertainty
In this most unpredictable of years, is today the point of maximum uncertainty? As you read these words, the list of things we don’t yet have an answer to is long and daunting.
Read MoreThe Uncertain Election
If you are expecting to wake up next Wednesday morning knowing who will be in the White House for the next four years, whether they have the backing of Congress, and what the economic and market implications will be, you may have to wait a little longer.
Read MoreSurviving but not altogether thriving
In Australia, we’ve always tended to think of bank stocks as the sleep at night option, ‘a buy and put it in the draw kind of investment’, because they’ve been so reliable in delivering growth and income. But as a sector, they’re facing considerable headwinds.
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