08/08/2023
Average UK house price fell by nearly £1,000 month-on-month in July – Halifax
House prices dropped by 2.4% on an annual basis, easing from a 2.6% fall in June.
Comment, Analysis & Research
08/07/2023
KPMG and REC, UK Report on Jobs
Muted confidence around the economic outlook drives a steeper drop in permanent placements
08/07/2023
Nordea AM broadens gender diversity fund’s investment mandate
Will be renamed the Nordea 1 – Global Diversity Engagement Fund
08/04/2023
BoE walking a tightrope as recession spectre looms
Even with inflation coming down faster than forecast recently, this may not be the end of the BoE’s action.
08/04/2023
How the latest interest rate hike will help or hinder personal finances
Additionally, other forms of savings products such bonds, ISAs or investments should be taken into account.
08/04/2023
Paying Agent Services
In an M& A transaction, ideally, a buyer engages a Paying Agent for all payments at closing so that the Paying Agent will then have full oversight of all payments related to the transaction.
08/04/2023
Isa millionaires exceeds 4,000
Many of the early ISA millionaires would have made their fortunes in the Bolton and Invesco Equity Income accounts.
08/03/2023
28% of HNW Brits have no measures in place to address IHT
Many more people will be impacted by inheritance tax in the future
08/02/2023
Schroders Solutions wins LDI Manager of the Year at the European Pension Awards 2023
This led to overwhelmingly positive feedback from existing clients and supported new mandate growth with multiple new clients having been onboarded over the last 12 months.
08/02/2023
HSBC won't be squeezed as much on interest rates, as it announces fresh share buyback
So while the net interest margin will have peaked, it won’t have to fall quite so much as its listed peers.
08/02/2023
BP earnings disappoint but shareholder distributions a pleasant surprise
This considerable slump is largely attributed to lower refined product prices and a weak contribution from oil trading.
08/02/2023
Karim Haji, EMA and UK Head of Financial Services at KPMG, comments on June’s Money and Credit Data from The Bank of England
“The economy has moved on somewhat since the period represented by the latest Money and Credit Data."
08/01/2023
UK interest rates to rise further but end of hiking cycle in sight
It would be the 14th increase in a row, but would mark a smaller uplift than the surprise 0.5 percentage point hike in June.
08/01/2023
BoE's appointment of former Fed chair for review is 'humiliating'
The BoE has clearly failed in its duty to protect the British consumer by keeping inflation at or below 2 per cent.
08/01/2023
Cost of living crisis eroding household income by £2,300
After 12 months of double-digit inflation, the UK’s Consumer Prices Index is finally seeing price increases slow.
07/31/2023
Are we back to normal yet? Our economic outlook for 2023 and unique opportunities for investors
Climate transition is also opening up new investment opportunities, most notably the mass electrification of the world economy, which is creating unprecedented sources of return.
07/31/2023
Demand for independent advice high among HNW individuals
The research did not define the ‘independent’, leaving interpretation of the laden term in the hands of HNW respondents.
07/31/2023
Scene set for changes to flexible working in the UK
The Government has continued to state that the right to request flexible working will become a 'day one' right.
07/28/2023
ECB raises rates again as European countries buckle under the strain
Unfortunately for the ECB, it is far behind the likes of the US in its battle and as such we are likely to see rates continue to go up for the rest of this year.
07/28/2023
Corporate credit quality weaker than markets factor in - Janus Henderson
Tighter financial conditions compounded by weak manufacturing PMIs contributed to earnings downgrades for some firms in the industrials sector.