05/04/2023
Three market scenarios: how would credit perform?
Corporate bonds can play a valuable role in portfolios in a wide range of market circumstances.
Comment, Analysis & Research
05/04/2023
Morningstar CEO: 'Our mission is different, we focus on serving advisers'
Investment offerings are more inexpensive and therefore more accessible.
05/04/2023
Funds bounce back in March with £2 billion inflows
Tracker fund flows rebounded with strong inflows of £1.6 billion in March.
05/03/2023
BP announces bumper returns but earnings down YoY
This framework is critical in supporting BP's long-term plans for growth and investment in sustainable energy.
05/03/2023
House prices rise as buyers come to terms with higher mortgage rates
But it is likely more interest rate rises are coming down the line, which will inevitably could push mortgage rates up, but so far, homeowners appear to be coping with these heightened costs, preventing a huge slide in house prices.
05/03/2023
Three-quarters of UK investors are re-evaluating their investment plans
The latest data from Charles Schwab UK shows that the high cost of living is affecting people’s investment plans and actions.
05/03/2023
Inflation remains a moving target for central banks
To keep economies running smoothly, central banks in the developed world have settled on a steady, annualised 2% inflation target.
05/03/2023
UBP: Investing in transition infrastructure
This growth is mainly being driven by inflation concerns, geopolitical instability and efforts to increase energy independence, and by the huge investments needed to achieve transitions in the energy, environmental, digital and mobility fields.
05/03/2023
The War for Talent: Managing Employee Costs in Law Firms
The top 50 firms’ accounts filed at Companies House show that law firms largely kept staff costs under control for the year to Spring 2022.
05/02/2023
Will Social Security be there for me?
Social Security’s 2023 Trustees Report states that Social Security’s total costs are projected to be higher than its total income in 2023
04/28/2023
Investing in financial stability − speech by Sarah Breeden
Given at the Insolvency Practitioners Association annual conference
04/27/2023
How Switzerland is Putting Its Success Model at Risk
ast month, Switzerland's largest bank was forced by the Swiss government to take over its troubled arch-rival Credit Suisse to prevent its collapse.
04/27/2023
How B Corps are building a community culture to help all businesses
Coutts CEO, Peter Flavel, reflects on recent discussions with fellow B Corp CEOs and how an inclusive culture can help build greater change in businesses and markets.
04/26/2023
Barclays announces strategic partnership with British Gas to support customers explore making their homes more energy efficient
The partnership announcement follows the launch of the Barclays Greener Home Reward and underlines Barclays’ commitment to help customers find ways to make greener choices
04/26/2023
Time for investors to look past worrying news flows
Our economists upgraded full-year growth forecasts
04/26/2023
Are equities due a fall? Four charts for Q1 earnings and beyond
The average company in the S&P 500 is now trading at 18 times forward earnings, versus 15 times in mid-October 2022.
04/25/2023
Over a third of people opting out of NHS Pension Scheme due to affordability pressures
This is a mechanism often used to try and reduce pension growth for the year to avoid being hit by the Annual Allowance tax charges.
04/24/2023
UBS Chief Risk Officer's Photography Career on Pause
This will delay the handover to Damian Vogel, originally planned for the beginning of May.
04/21/2023
How do wealth taxes affect family businesses?
In the search of those additional funds, the argument to impose additional taxes on the affluent emerges.
04/21/2023
Tax-free income top of mind
The bias toward higher quality was illustrated by positive flows for US Treasury exchange traded funds.