After the successive shocks of the pandemic and the crisis in Ukraine, the global economy seems to be in the prelude to a change of cycle. Gonzalo de Cadenas Santiago, Director of Macroeconomic and Financial Analysis at MAPFRE Economics, highlights the main unknowns for this new period.
The markets are moving in line with the decisions taken by central banks, in the hope that the cycle of rate hikes will come to an end. MAPFRE Gestión Patrimonial analyzes the latest market movements in its monthly report for November.
Stock markets have reacted very positively to the latest lower-than-expected U.S. CPI data, and Alberto Matellán, chief economist at MAPFRE Inversión, believes that the markets can behave well until the end of the year.
MAPFRE AM's expansion in Latin America is already a reality. Álvaro Anguita, CEO of MAPFRE AM, explained in an interview with Funds People that "the first sales in Uruguay and Colombia" have already been closed, with the idea of continuing with this process in Brazil in the medium term.
The risks related to digitalization and cybersecurity for companies in the insurance sector are steadily increasing, and are already at very high levels, in the face of the sharp rise in attacks on companies in the last year.
The solvency and liquidity of the European banking sector have improved substantially in recent years, thanks to regulatory reforms following the global financial crisis. María Torres de Becerril, equity investment manager at MAPFRE AM, analyzes the outlook for the sector for 2024.
MAPFRE has entered the Top 10 of asset management firms in Spain, with assets under management totaling 9.9 billion euros, according to the barometer prepared by FundsPeople monthly. When management of the group's financial investments is taken into account, the total exceeds 30 billion.
The context of social unrest and war has reached its highest level in several decades this quarter, which makes global governance and geopolitics one of the most obvious risks for the global economy heading into the fourth quarter of the year.
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