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Average UK household £8,800 a year worse off than those in France or Germany

Thinktank blames inequality and poor productivity as CBI calls for investment policies to fuel growth

UK's return to growth piles rate rise pressure on BoE

Better-than-expected May GDP number should further pressure Bank of England to up the pace of interest rate rises.

Tory leadership battle highlights political risk facing investors

For investors, however, there is one key philosophy to keep in mind when assessing political risk.

Gasping for gas – tensions over Russian energy intensify

The energy crisis, and Western efforts to cap Russian gas and oil revenues, are fanning rising recessionary fears, and countries are seeking alternative sources.

Peak inflation? Not yet for emerging markets, it seems

Investors are looking for signs that high rates of inflation are moderating, but the first tranche of new monthly numbers for June is not encouraging.

PFS reinstates CEO role and hunts for an interim

The interim CEO will then work with the permanent CEO to ensure there is a smooth transition in leadership.

Vulnerable advice clients ‘slipping through the cracks’

Just 32% of advisers have put specific practices in place to help these customers

Why most investors are bad at selling and what they can do about it

Poor selling decisions lead to underwhelming investment performance. We identify four biases that explain why selling is so much harder than buying, and offer potential remedies

Quilter's Nick Wood: The evolution of the ‘star’ fund manager

It is the perennial question asked by the investment press – who is the next star fund manager?

It’s the risk management, stupid! − speech by Anil Kashyap

One transition path assumed that carbon prices began rising right away and moved smoothly to hit the required level − we called this the early action (EA) path.

Investor playbook for a recession

As Henry points out, pain in the stock market historically ends before the recession does and as such investors can quite often miss out on the best days in the market.

Lockdown savings - where are they now?

This means almost half (47%) of the population were unable to put aside any money and now lack these savings to fall back on to see them through the cost-of-living crisis.

Boris Johnson’s departure will boost pound: deVere CEO

The analysis from Nigel Green of deVere Group comes as Boris Johnson is desperately clinging to power after a slew of resignations from his government.

Just 12% of advised clients are ‘ESG Dedicated’

Overall, 56% of clients are either ESG Dedicated or Focused, meaning more than half want ESG factors to play a role – to some extent – in how their portfolio is selected or managed.

Bonds are dead, long live bonds? What can save investors in the months ahead

With the Fed maintaining its hawkish stance, investment chiefs of Europe's biggest private banks deliberate where to go next with their asset allocation.

Wealth industry business sentiment weakens in Q2 2022

Despite these dark clouds, the wealth industry is still hoping for a better 2022.

UK workers’ pay down £100 a week as unions’ collective bargaining power fades

Last year, just 3% of workers in the private sector had their pay set at a national or industry level, rising to 67% in the public sector.

What is the role of investors in financing the transition towards sustainable food systems?

Climate change, perhaps the best-known of these boundaries, is coming under increasing pressure, with our atmospheric CO2 levels higher now than they have been for millions of years.

A risk-based approach to multi asset as caution prevails

Such turbulent times amplify the need for resilience

Bank of England vows to bring down inflation

This is the same figure the Bank of England decided on for the last five interest rate increases in a row.

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