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The Retreat of Globalisation

Anticipating radical change in the culture of financial markets

By Gervais Williams
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About the Author

Gervais Williams

Gervais Williams is an award-winning equity fund manager. As a professional investor, he has exceptional credentials. He received Grant Thornton's Quoted Companies' Award Investor of the Year in both 2009 and 2010; then in 2012 his Diverse Income Trust was recognised as the Best New Investment Trust by the Association of Investment Companies. He was also What Investment's Fund Manager of the Year ... Read more on Gervais Williams

Contents Listing

Acknowledgements
Foreword by Merryn Somerset Webb
Introduction

1. The World as We Know it
2. The Strange Case of Corporate Profits
3. The Age of Plenty
4. The Second Major Credit Boom
5. The Balance Between Growth and Decay
6. A Profits Recession
7. Aggregate Risks
8. Turn and Face the Change
9. Niche is Nice
10. Productivity Improvement
11. Superior Service Standards for Superior Returns
12. Risk Reduction

Conclusion: The Changing Face of Finance

Bibliography
Index
Acknowledgements
Foreword by Merryn Somerset Webb
Introduction

1. The World as We Know it
2. The Strange Case of Corporate Profits
3. The Age of Plenty
4. The Second Major Credit Boom
5. The Balance Between Growth and Decay
6. A Profits Recession
7. Aggregate Risks
8. Turn and Face the Change
9. Niche is Nice
10. Productivity Improvement
11. Superior Service Standards for Superior R ...

Jacket Text

In The Retreat of Globalisation, award-winning fund manager Gervais Williams outlines why we are entering a period when the culture of financial markets will change more in three years than it has in the last 30.

Globalisation has been running into headwinds for a while, but until recently few appreciated that it had already passed its high-water mark. With the benefit of hindsight, we can now see events like Brexit and the election of Donald Trump in the context of a new social - and economic - trajectory.

Markets have already entered a period of flux. Social disenchantment with globalisation was already a political issue. But the market implications of a retreat from globalisation remain greatly under-appreciated.

How can savers know what might constitute the best stocks in this changed world? The Retreat of Globalisation argues for some unconventional yardsticks going forward. The answers may seem counter-intuitive to those who have only known one set of economic conditions. But the need to find those answers has never been more pressing.

Professional Reviews

"The book is a fascinating walk through the rise of passive and the threats and opportunities for stock pickers in volatile times." Responsbile Investor, ESG magazine

"Williams’ focus on the importance of corporate profit margins is particularly welcome and his investment recommendations are sensible without being obvious. Both private investors and professionals should take the time to read this book." Matthew Partridge, MoneyWeek

"Williams writes well - not always a given for fund managers - and his 30 years of investing experience gives his arguments credibility to my mind and this is an accessible read that makes you think a bit more than other books out currently." Lawrence Gosling, founding edtor Investweek Week and editorial director Professional Adviser

"...serious investors should read it because it is thought provoking and challenges conventional thinking." Rodney Hobson, Morningstar and author of Shares Made Simple


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Media Coverage

Morningstar.co.uk

The End of Globalisation?

The end is nigh. Not the end of the world but the end of the world as we know it. That’s the message of a book published this week, and although I don’t entirely ...

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Professional Adviser

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Edison TV

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Expert Investor Europe

THE POPULIST UPRISING
By Tjbbe Hoekstra

Once the preserve of the left, anti-globalisation sentiment has crossed over to the mainstream. Is the populist swing away from globalism a blip, or ...

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ETF Express

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Director's Talk Interviews

Video interview with Gervais about his new book

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Share Talk - Conkers Corner

[Audio recording]

Welcome to the 29th SHARETALK’S CONKERS’ CORNER. In this interview I have the privilege of speaking with award winning Investment Fund Manager @gervais_mam Gervais Williams. ...

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Investment Week

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ESG magazine

Gervais Williams has a strong track record as both a fund manager and author: previous lauded books have included “Slow Finance”, which looked at long-term investing in a short attention-span ...

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Informed Choice Radio

Today on the show I’m joined by Gervais Williams, author of The Retreat of Globalisation.

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