A smartly dressed, thirty year old man boarded a train in New York city bound for the annual general meeting of the Northern Pipeline company; it was a little odd, to say the least, that the AGM would be held in Oil City, a small town in Pennsylvania, almost 400 miles from where its headquarters were located, just blocks away from Wall Street.

As part of our company’s ongoing expansion, we are very pleased to announce several new staff members who have joined the team...

A notable economic feature of late is the inexorable rise in US interest rates, and its consequential effect on rates elsewhere, and market valuations. Equally notable is the escalation of trade disputes, most particularly between the United States and China. This shift towards greater protectionism by the United States could, if not mitigated, trigger more dramatic retaliatory actions, possibly including currency devaluations, and stands as a primary market risk as we look to the remainder of 2018 and into 2019.