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Delivering solutions, delivering outcomes. Lowes Investment Management are the dedicated investment management arm of Lowes Group Limited. The team within Lowes Investment Management are responsible for managing the Lowes’ Open Ended Investment Companies (OEICs) and the managed investment portfolios.
 | The Lowes UK Defined Strategy Fund is an actively managed fund comprising a series of defined investment strategies; the potential returns earned within the Fund are typically fixed in nature and linked mainly to the performance of the FTSE 100 Index. Find out more |
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 | The MI Diversified Strategy Fund is a multi-asset fund, managed by Lowes Investment Management, which invests in a combination of equities, fixed interest and structured notes. With the exception of structured notes, this exposure is predominantly through investment in OEIC’s, unit trusts, Exchanged Traded Funds (ETFs) and other collective investment schemes across several management groups. Find out more |
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 | Lowes Managed Investment Portfolios aim to maximise the potential for returns in line with a range of risk tolerances. The method of operation overcomes the potential delays and hurdles that can inhibit traditional, advisory portfolio management. They are managed by our award-winning team, who regularly re-balance portfolios to ensure asset and individual fund allocations do not drift too far from the original, intended parameters. Find out more |
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Ear to the Ground
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UK inflation initially caught the market by surprise this week. The consumer price index had been forecast to post a year on year increase of 3.3% to April but instead came in at a stronger 3.5%.
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This was a week of central banks sitting down to set their latest monetary policy. In the UK the Bank of England reduced the base rate by 0.25%, which was in line with expectations, to 4.25%. The vote was by no means unanimous, however. Two member of the committee voted for a larger cut of 0.5%.
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After all of the news we have had to digest over the last month or so, who would have thought that, at the time of writing, the FTSE 100 would be poised to complete its longest winning streak on record, consisting of 15 consecutive days when the market has risen.
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Are lessons being learned? Whilst some comfort had previously been taken from the news that upcoming tariffs had been paused by 90 days, with the exception of those on China, investment markets have still remained unsettled, with uncertainty being seen in both equity and fixed income markets in the US.
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Let’s talk about something else. Since Trump’s announcement on tariffs it has been the main factor influencing investment markets and investor thoughts, and rightly so.
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When I was young, admittedly a long time ago, the above was the verse which was preached to me as a way of remembering the green cross code.
