Global financial markets provided strong returns in 2012, despite a litany of negative headlines about government debt problems in Europe and the United States and the slowing pace of growth in many regions. In the end, the global economy has continued on its path of gradual recovery from the financial crisis of four years ago, …
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Oct 11
Financial Market Update: Quarter 3
Capital markets posted encouraging results in the third quarter of 2012. After a brief decline early in the period, several of the world’s major equity indexes rallied through the summer months, resulting in positive returns for the quarter and the year-to-date. The MSCI World Index was up 6.8% in local currency terms in the quarter, …
Jul 05
Financial Market Update: Quarter 2
After a promising start in the first quarter, capital markets became increasingly volatile in the second quarter, as Europe’s debt crisis escalated once again and weaker global economic activity caused investors to take a more cautious tone. In the Eurozone, Greece and Spain were among the chief sources of investor concern. Worries that Greece, which …



