Standard Chartered urges portfolio diversification as Ghana’s outlook improves amid global market uncertainty

Standard Chartered Bank has urged investors to remain diversified in the second half of 2026, saying improving macroeconomic conditions in Ghana are creating a more supportive investment environment, even as global market risks continue to shift.

According to the report, risky assets are likely to remain supported by a soft-landing global macroeconomic environment, but investors will still need to navigate energy price movements, central bank policy shifts, equity supply pressures and changes in investor positioning in the months ahead.

While the bank expects the positive momentum to continue into the second half of the year, it said investors would need to remain agile as markets respond to four major variables: energy prices, equity supply, investor positioning and central bank policy.