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29th September 2025
Market Matters – Investor fatigue shows up as we approach Q3 end
Market Overview Markets seemed to lose a bit of steam last week. After a strong run through the summer, investor appetite flagged as quarter-end approached, with ...
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22nd September 2025
Record Highs for US Stocks as the Fed cuts rates
Markets don’t often make history in September, but last week was an exception. All four of the major US benchmarks, the S&P 500, Nasdaq 100, Dow and Russell 2000 ...
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15th September 2025
Market Matters: US Inflation up, Job’s down – Equities up – Go figure!
Market Overview It was one of those weeks where the numbers and the markets seemed to be reading from entirely different scripts. The data darkened as weekly jobless ...
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21st August 2025
Emily Goldring Appointed Compliance Director at IDAD
We are delighted to announce the promotion of Emily Goldring to Compliance Director at IDAD, as well as her appointment as a full board member of IDAD Limited. Since ...
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18th August 2025
Market Matters: Markets Shake Off Inflation Worries.
Market Matters 158 – Markets shake off Inflation worries Despite a steady flow of data that might once have rattled investors, particularly stickier inflation and ...
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11th August 2025
Market Matters- Quiet Week but lots bubbling under the surface
Market Overview After last Friday’s wobble, markets regained their footing this week. Global equities are back within sight of record highs, helped by a combination ...
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1st August 2025
Record Breaking return for investors on IDAD Structured Deposit
First Published: 05/03/2025 The first issue of IDAD’s Callable Deposit Plan delivers record breaking returns to investors this week. Growth of 62% over a 6 year ...
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28th July 2025
Market Matters- Summer Calm or the Eye of the Storm?
Summer calm or the eye of the storm? After returning from a summer break in Turkey (if you can call it a break with a villa full of teenagers at drinking age) I feel ...
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21st July 2025
MARKET MATTERS – Earnings Power, Policy Pressure!
Market Overview Global financial markets presented a cautiously optimistic picture over the past week, with investor sentiment driven by robust corporate earnings in ...
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14th July 2025
MARKET MATTERS – Continued Volatility Amid All Time Highs
Market Overview In the past week, global trade tensions resurfaced following Trump’s announcement increasing his baseline tariffs on trade partners from 10% to ...
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1st July 2025
S&P 500 sets a new record as Middle East Calms
MarMarket overview As we near the end of the second quarter, US Equities surged to fresh all-time highs, defying the usual post-conflict caution and brushing aside ...
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23rd June 2025
Middle East Conflict; Central Banks
Market Overview Given the scale of what unfolded last week: a major Middle East conflict, a fragile ceasefire clock, Trump’s tariff threats on standby, and multiple ...
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