05/25/2017
Respondents were found to lack knowledge of new technologies, with blockchain, finance applications integrated into social media and robo-advisors being amongst those that are the least understood.
05/24/2017
The Barclays research includes analysis of rental trends, employment levels and current house prices to create an index of property hotspots.
05/24/2017
Just 7 per cent of people would trust a robot with their savings, versus the 14 per cent willing to submit to a machine for heart surgery
05/24/2017
What’s more this may be on the increase, with 81% of deals involving financial services firms in 2016/17 being minority stake purchases.
05/24/2017
“Innovation in personal finance is clearly something that intrigues people, as three in five believe we will be paying for everything via our thumbprint by 2037.”
05/24/2017
The third annual PACE (Performance Against Customer Expectations) study surveyed 1,000 British banking customers, asking them about their banking experiences and how well their provider is meeting their banking needs.
05/24/2017
Europe ranks as the second largest market in the global asset management industry, managing 31% of the total amount of assets managed globally at end 2015, €68trn.
05/24/2017
Forty-four deals took place in the first quarter of 2017, and Casey Quirk expects 2017’s volume to likely outpace the last two years.
05/24/2017
Many tax and benefit rules do not recognise cohabitation and thereby treat cohabiting couples as second class citizens.
05/24/2017
The unique ratings have been designed to give advisers a solid framework around which they can both position and recommend income funds.
05/23/2017
UK consultant LCP’s latest fee report, published last month, shows that of 22 strategies analysed, only eight rose in the years since 2011.
05/23/2017
Brexit is a natural opportunity to expand roles within our European footprint, should we deem it necessary to do so in the future.
05/23/2017
The research also surveyed high net worth investors from across the UK, to reveal where and why they plan to purchase property in the future.
05/23/2017
Criticism outweighs approval on both the Conservative and Labour manifestoes; the Conservatives risk UK businesses “being left in the starting blocks because of a blunt approach to immigration” and Labour “fails to offer the pro-growth a
05/22/2017
It is also an exposure of the biggest lie in British politics: that national insurance is a separate levy which is set aside to pay for this kind of thing. It isn’t.
05/22/2017
President Trump poses the greatest risk for regular investors in the world - even ahead of a possible recession in China - but there are also important opportunities, affirms the CEO of one of the world’s largest financial services organisations.
05/22/2017
Fall in oil price strains state-backed investment vehicles, as countries withdraw
05/22/2017
Eventually the revenue stream could be significant.
05/22/2017
The profile of investors, which platforms match to borrowers, also differs across countries.
05/22/2017
Standard Life head of adviser propositions and strategy on the increasing conflict of a one-size-fits-all approach to platforms and the emergence of a new model wealth manager