GAM's Active Thinking 04 August 2023

The announcement of Apple’s mixed virtual reality (VR) headset, the Vision Pro, caused much excitement among consumers. However, VR has already gained traction in both the industrial and educational sectors. GAM Investments’ Pieran Maru explores the use cases and the challenges of the technology and evaluates whether this is just the beginning of a new era of computing.

The Bank of England increased the base rate by 25 bps to 5.25% as expected to a level last seen in March 2007. It was not an entirely unanimous decision however, with two members voting for a 50 bps hike and one voting for no change although the remaining six members voted for 25 bps.

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