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Market update – 9th November 2020

News: 09 November 2020

Today’s breaking news though is that the cavalry may just be coming into sight, with bugles blaring. Pfizer, the American pharmaceutical company, has said that its vaccine is 90% effective, and apparently without adverse side effects. Markets have gone bananas.

Market update – 2nd November 2020

News: 02 November 2020

Too many businesses are down to their last coppers; for the government again to pull the plug on their revenues and not to provide support would be horrendous. Messrs Johnson, Sunak and Bailey have some easy decisions to make. The issue is whether they have the courage to do so.

Jim Wood-Smith and James Clark in Citywire Top 100

News: 30 October 2020

Our CIO Private Clients & Head of Research Jim Wood-Smith and Senior Fund Analyst James Clark have been named in the Citywire Top 100.

Market update – 26th October 2020

News: 26 October 2020

The differential that takes the headlines is the two men’s environmental policies. Trump is perceived as the coal-burning climate change denier. Biden is the green new-dealist. Both clichés have large elements of truth, but they are brush strokes, not the full picture.

Market update – 19th October 2020

News: 19 October 2020

We have a windbag of bile versus a windbag of precious little. Regrettably it matters to the whole world who it is that wins this parochial election of windiness. But won’t it be wonderful when it is just all over.

CEO a finalist in the Women in Investment Awards

News: 06 October 2020

Congratulations to Hawksmoor CEO Sarah Soar who is a finalist in the Investment Week Women in Investment Awards 2020.

Market update – 5th October 2020

News: 05 October 2020

A sea change in US environmental policy though is only a matter of time. Should Trump win the election the transition to zero carbon is delayed, not cancelled. The rest of the world, and global business, is moving ahead regardless.

Hawksmoor CEO - video update October 2nd

News: 02 October 2020

As summer turns to autumn and the days get shorter, our CEO Sarah Soar's update includes details of Hawksmoor's new members of staff and the success of the new Hawksmoor Client Portal which allows a faster, safer and more sustainable way for our clients to obtain information about their portfolios - including their quarterly valuations.

Market update – 28th September 2020

News: 28 September 2020

COVID financial policy thus far has been a matter of promising to hand out money willy-nilly. But no more. ... COVID has changed the world and the government will no longer write blank cheques to pretend otherwise.

Literary Festival thumbs up from Sandi Toksvig

News: 23 September 2020

As supporters of the Budleigh Salterton Literary Festival, Hawksmoor were proud to be able to help the festival continue in a 'virtual' format by sponsoring a lively session where writer and comedian Viv Groskop talked to Sandi Toksvig about lockdown life, and her new book, Between The Stops.