Author Archives: Eben Karsten

Download PDF The expected turn in interest rate cycle Across the globe, markets are anticipating a turn in the interest rate cycle. This should be positive for financial markets, as we see in the US and EU where equity markets…
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Download PDF How the SVB fallout may affect growth, inflation, monetary policy, and South Africa The situation remains fluid and it is too early to make a hard call Our base case is that this is not systemic, but will…
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Download PDF Echoes of 2022 February can be characterised as markets going from Goldilocks to bearish. EM prospects have deteriorated somewhat due to resilience in US growth and inflation that has led to a reassessment of the peak in rates.…
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Download PDF Peeking at the peak China’s accelerated reopening and potential for broader policy support, warmer European weather and falling gas prices, and the pending Fed pivot culminated in a strong risk-on backdrop for financial markets heading into 2023. With…
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Matrix Fund Managers is the proud recipient of the award for best South African fixed income hedge fund in 2020, presented at the HedgeNews Africa Awards on March 4. The Matrix NCIS Fixed Income Retail Hedge Fund was a clear…
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And so another decade ends with a year that proved that we continue to live in interesting times. 2019 will be remembered for deals and doves, protests and populism, bailouts and Brexit, Miss Universe beauties and rugby beasts. Here is our…
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Why would investors take inflation plus 5% return on a 30-year bond, or inflation plus 10% on an equity portfolio, with the non-negligible risk of facing significant drawdowns over a 1-year horizon, if investors can accrue inflation plus 3% via…
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