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8% of UK advisers to sell their business in next five years

This increases to 23% for sole financial planners

Alternative Investment Predictions for 2022

Of those surveyed, 80% were located in the US and Europe, with family offices representing the largest category (32%), followed by fund of funds at 21% and investment consultants at 19%.

Changing Fund Administrators Can Be Painless

There are several areas of concern where technology can be especially helpful. For instance, conversion of historical data into new formats.

New study by the University of Oxford and Lombard Odier examines the predictors of success in a greening world

The report, Predictors of Success in a Greening World, offers a global, 25-year-long perspective on countries’ standing in global trade in high-growth green industries, and the extent to which each country has adequately directed their Covid-19 reco

Is Omicron the new economic Boogeyman?

The worst is never certain and, as information on the new Omicron variant become known in the coming days or weeks

The Omicron Edition by Sanctum Wealth

The new strain reportedly has many more spike proteins than other variants, which potentially enhances its ability to evade immune systems.

Ransomware attacks surge across UK, new report finds

The report also warned that the high levels of home working prompted by the Covid-19 pandemic meant criminals were increasingly able to use ’off-the-shelf‘ malware to exploit unpatched software and weaknesses in VPNs to access organisations&am

Free the markets! by Tim Price

The collective market response to an alleged new strain of coronavirus on Friday did not speak warmly of any fondness on the part of investors to ever more enhanced government economic intervention.

How did COP26 measure up? - Lombard Odier

COP26 was billed as the last chance to keep the goal of limiting global warming well below 2°C on track.

Quarter of solo advisers expect to leave industry

This corresponded with 62 per cent of all sole practitioners stating they have found the "burden, cost and pressure of regulation to be a major challenge for their business".

Vaccination status and flexible workstyle influence consumer optimism

Overall, 61% of respondents are optimistic about the future, and only 18% are not.

Rethink the Month: November – neuroplasticity, central banks and TINA

This process, which gives us the ability to navigate a world in constant flux, has helped us prevail over other species since the first Homo sapiens appeared around 300,000 years ago.

How can investors assess impacts on nature?

Catherine Macaulay, our ESG team's natural capital and biodiversity research specialist, explores how we can assess exposure to nature-related risks.

2022 tech trends for private wealth firms

This technology is also being used to ease the burden of new regulation around advice fee consent and design & distribution obligations (DDO).

Insight6: Advisers in danger of losing tomorrow’s clients

Millennials should be a prime focus for financial intermediaries, but the mishandling of new enquiries is costing them business, says Jonathan Winchester, insight6, CEO.

UK Monetary Policy – ‘Crossing the river by feeling the stones’ - speech by Huw Pill

Given at the Confederation of British Industry

Largest number of HNW’s relocating to the UK last year came from China

Boodle Hatfield says that the existing international make-up of London also acts a magnet to other mobile HNWs.

Survey on the Access to Finance of Enterprises

Finally, they continued to see public financial support as a factor making a moderate contribution to their access to finance, with higher percentages among micro and small firms.

Can the difference of one year move you years ahead?

Most of us are familiar with the phrase “the future is now,” but what does the expression really mean?

Speech by John Glen MP, Economic Secretary to the Treasury, to the UK Finance Annual Dinner

The future health of this industry – and, frankly, the economic health of the country – relies on those of us in this room continuing to discuss… and design… and then shape that sustainable future we all want together.

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