Markets rattled by a discount rate shock
Topic: A rapid repricing in government bond markets has rattled investors. Does this spell the end of the bull market in risk assets underway since spring last year? Join us as we provide you with the answers.
We will be repeating the same webinar to cater for the difference in time zones between APAC, EMEA and the Americas:
- APAC – Monday 15th March | 10:00 HKT
- EMEA – Monday 15th March | 10:00 GMT
- Americas – Monday 15th March | 16:00 EST
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Gaurav Saroliya | Director of Global Macro Strategy Gaurav Saroliya is Director of Global Macro Strategy. He is responsible for our overall asset price views and for developing and delivering our investment strategy product offering. His focus is on providing thematic-research based actionable investment advice for investment managers. But his analytics are relevant for corporate Treasurers too insofar as they generate actionable dynamic hedging advice for cash-flow exposures. |
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Daniel joined Oxford Economics in June 2019. He is an equity strategist, responsible for developing our equity views across countries, sectors and investment styles. Daniel joined Oxford Economics from HSBC, where he spent a decade working within their global equity strategy team, in both London and Hong Kong, and was most recently the lead of their European strategy product. Daniel has a Bsc in Economics from the University of Bath. |
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