The big news for financial markets in March was of course the problems in the financial sector, in which US banks Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank went bankrupt and Credit Suisse needed bailing out by means of a forced marriage with UBS. The VIX index, which measures volatility in the US S&P500 equity index, climbed to 26, its highest level since September last year.
Please see Kempen’s Asset Allocation Outlook for April. The highlights this month are:
There’s a saying in Dutch, Kom verder, it means many things and it’s our business philosophy. It captures the way we work with clients but also the way we steer our investee companies to deliver shareholder value through active engagement.
Capital at risk. The value of investments and the income from them can fall as well as rise, and investors may not get back the amount originally invested. Past performance provides no guarantee for the future.