The speakers at the event were Gabriella Herculano, CEO and founder of iClima Earth, Stephen Derkash, head of global products and ESG at EQM Indexes, Sam Dickens, portfolio manager at IG Group and Nicholas Mersch, portfolio manager at Purpose Investments
Two weeks on from the latest step taken in lockdown easing and it seems the country has acquired an insatiable appetite for consuming pints of beer outside and queuing patiently to get into Primark.
While our enthusiasm for alfresco drinking may be dependent upon the weather, investment analysts are busy assessing whether people s adoration of Primark will continue once a trip to non-essential shops becomes less of a novelty.
Primark s fortunes matter because the clothing store is a bellwether for the health of the nation s high street. With so much shopping done online during the pandemic, as bricks-and-mortar stores have been inaccessible, its success or otherwise in the months ahead will show whether shopping habits have changed forever or not.
Talk of a bounce back from the economic devastation wreaked by Covid-19 may feel a little premature in the UK. We are still in the midst of it all. But some countries are enjoying the first signs of recovery.
So-called emerging market economies have started to see strong growth and many investment experts believe they present good long-term opportunities for investors.
Sam Dickens, portfolio manager at IG, is one of them. He points out that since stock markets plunged last March, an index of the biggest companies in emerging markets has outperformed US companies by close to 17 per cent.
Opportunity: The poverty and the riches on display in Mumbai. Experts believe India offers a huge amount of potential