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The Dollar – The Best of a Bad Bunch

The dollar’s recent inexorable rise has appeared to show no bounds and has made asset allocators inevitably believe that it may be too risky to bet against the currency.

Do These Men Have the Right Stuff for Credit Suisse?

The latest appointment in the turbulent history of Credit Suisse seems like the latest farce in an ongoing tragi-comedy.

Volatile markets wipe £12bn off SJP’s books

SJP expects its full year net flows to be around £11bn, compared with £18.2bn last year.

Investment Performance Awards 2022: The shortlists revealed!

This year’s awards will credit the wealth firms that have delivered strong returns for clients in these ever-changing market conditions.

Beyond retail: multi-asset mandates for institutional investors

Multi-Asset mandates cover a large swath of client needs, from adding leverage and balancing risk across asset classes (risk parity), to straightforward target-date glidepath solutions for DC plans.

IMF: UK set for slowest growth of G7 countries in 2023

The IMF has cut its 2022 global growth forecast to just 3.2% and warned the slowdown risks being even more severe.

Why SJP boss Andrew Croft isn’t backing down from an embattled model

The UK’s largest wealth manager has faced criticism over charges, rogue advisers and more, but is sticking to its guns

The golden rules to retirement planning: Where there's a will there's a way

In the first of a new series of articles, we look at the best way to protect your and your family’s future.

Simplistic Consumer Duty commentaries mistake value for cheapest price

The new Consumer Duty is a watershed moment for financial services in the UK.

Ian Mattioli MBE receives honorary degree from University of Leicester

He received his Honorary Degree at the University’s graduation ceremony at De Montfort Hall on Tuesday 19 July 2022 in front of hundreds of graduating students and friends.

Supercar sales accelerate in the UK

Low-cost finance and a ‘you only live once’ attitude behind 19% rise in the likes of Ferraris, Lamborghinis and Maseratis, say market analysts

First-time buyer prices and rents jump as mortgage costs up 22%

For prospective first-time buyers looking to save while renting, record rents are rising at the fastest rate ever recorded.

The Puritan Gift

With trillions of government debt around the world having recently traded on a negative yield, and with deposit rates still at zero or negative across the euro zone, the “new normal” increasingly feels like a 1930s-style

Co-op to cut 400 jobs because of 'tough trading environment'

The majority of the roles are based at its head office in Manchester

U.S. inflation hits 9% and Everything is fine right?

The US 10-year government bond yield fell 8 basis points, suggesting that the market believes the Fed is in control of inflation.

ECB plays catch-up as it ends era of negative rates

The European Central Bank raises rates by more than expected, while also unveiling the new anti-fragmentation tool, just in time as Italian political risk returns.

Risks in Europe finely balanced as ECB raises rates

Signs of market strain – notably widening spreads between German and Italian sovereign debt – had already triggered an emergency ECB meeting in June, and a new ‘anti-fragmentation’ tool was announced on 21 July.

Can private equity have their cake and eat it too?

One of the most-discussed topics within the space is around the democratisation of private assets.

Private equity - investing in uncertain times

Alternative investments - which include hedge funds and various types of private assets - are the right choice in the face of uncertainty.

Will heatwaves burn through energy resources?

They maintain their neutral view of US utilities, but highlight that utilities’ infrastructure investments will help support stable earnings growth for US utilities.

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