Investment Forum

All the staff at Cantor Fitzgerald would like to take this opportunity to wish you a happy and prosperous New Year. 2019 was a strong but noisy year. Markets traded higher undeterred by a number of geo-political developments. Interest rates remain low and return on monies is negative in Europe, while US banks placing monies

2019 was an eventful year. The muddy waters of Brexit were finally cleared following a huge majority for the Conservatives in the UK election, which removed the tail risk of a hard-left government under Jeremy Corbyn. However, the difficult task of negotiating the free trade agreement with the EU has only just begun. President Trump

Christine Lagarde is a name most people will be familiar with, a pillar of authority within global finance and politics, and a female icon in modern times. Nominated as President of the European Central Bank (ECB) last year, she takes over the role previously held by Mario Draghi. So what is her background, and what

Market volatility, economic uncertainty, political tensions… and another year comes to an end with markets hitting new highs. So how did we reach this point? As we started the year, we saw equity markets making gains in the first quarter, rebounding from a weak ending to 2018 as concerns over the China-US trade dispute eased