Schroders Market Update
Every quarter, one of our asset managers from Schroders will provide an update into how the financial market is performing. Johanna Kyrklund - Group Chief Investment Officer and Global Head of Multi-Asset Investments, offers her insights on the different economic factors that influence the market conditions in the video below.
Johanna Kyrklund - Group Chief Investment Officer and Global Head of Multi-Asset Investments
Johanna Kyrklund is Group Chief Investment Officer and Global Head of Multi-Asset Investments at Schroders and joined in 2007. Responsible for investments on behalf of Multi-Asset clients globally and is the head portfolio manager of the Schroder Diversified Growth Strategy. Johanna leads the Multi-Asset Investments division, is a member of the Group Management Committee (GMC) and Chairs the Global Asset Allocation Committee.
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This information is marketing communication. The views and opinions contained herein are of Johanna Kyrklund, Group Chief Investment Officer and Global Head of Multi-asset Investments and may not necessarily represent views expressed or reflected in other Schroders communications, strategies or funds.
The key question for 2021 is whether the strong equity performance in 2020 can continue. At first glance, markets like the US look particularly extended but it is important to note that in 2020 the market was led by stocks that benefitted from Covid, such as Amazon and Netflix, and that more cyclical exposures underperformed. Although we still face significant risks with the virus, the vaccines are important as they allow us to look ahead to post-Covid normalisation and we believe that cyclical exposures can catch up. In this context we favour equity markets like Japan, because it is exposed to the industrial recovery in Asia that is already underway. We are also, for the first time in a long time, more positive on the UK equity market as Brexit uncertainty is reduced and the UK market looks cheap on a relative basis, as well as again offering exposure to cyclical sectors. Valuations compared to bonds are still attractive equities in general and policy is likely to remain stimulative, we continue to be positioned for recovery.
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