Despite rocky start, opportunities exist for investors

Global equity markets began 2016 with such sharp declines that up until the final days of last week, investors were on track to have recorded the worst start to the year in history for several global markets.

The main drivers of the decline across asset prices in January included renewed doubts in the Chinese economy and the extent to which the country’s currency may devalue and the continued decline in energy and other commodity prices.

Indeed, there is an economic slowdown in China, but this is not a new development.