08/28/2020
Uk private sector recovery ahead of global trend
The Lloyds Bank UK Recovery Tracker, working with IHS Markit, provides unique insight into the shape and pace of the UK’s recovery following the unprecedented disruption caused by Covid-19.
Alternative Investments
08/28/2020
Funds and trusts that have held up best in the dividend drought
Amid a challenging dividend backdrop, these income funds and trusts have best protected capital.
08/28/2020
‘Reckoning’ looms for fund management fees
“The fund management industry has done a creditable effort in resisting...but there will come a reckoning and this is going to change.”
08/27/2020
Aviva completes housing association financing deal
The financing will also help towards the building of 1,500 new homes
08/26/2020
Fidelity International Expands Index With Its First Fixed Income Funds
This move proved popular with UK investors and resulted in a number of other providers responding with price cuts to their own tracker funds.
08/26/2020
ASI closes £500m bond fund after Lloyds pulls assets
The fund house said believed it was in the best interest of all shareholders to close the fund, liquidate all of the underlying assets and return the proceeds to investors.
08/26/2020
“Heads we win, tails we don’t lose much” – Contrarian investor Azvalor sees value in unloved mining and oil stocks
There is an eternal temptation among many investors to justify high prices with narratives about paradigm shifts, something that has cost them dearly several times throughout history.
08/26/2020
Evli launches new global responsible factor fund
Evli’s has added to its family of factor funds with the launch of Evli Equity Factor Global, which provides access to developed markets worldwide.
08/26/2020
Stifel sees potential 22% upside in ex-Woodford trust
Scope for share price recovery
08/26/2020
Scottish Mortgage set for £190m payday as tech firm eyes IPO
Ant Group is a Chinese payments company which was once part of the Alibaba Technology business, and in which the latter is still a major shareholder.
08/25/2020
Gas and nuclear industries fight to the end for 'green' EU investment label
Overall, industry representatives have held a total of 310 meetings with EU policymakers since the start of 2018, according to the data based on transparency filings published by July 8.
08/25/2020
Dowgate Capital appoints GPP Wealth Solutions
The platform is on course for strong growth in the remainder of 2020 as wealth managers, discretionary investment managers and IFAs respond to its efficient outsourcing solution, which provides flexibility to adapt and thrive in difficult market condition
08/25/2020
BMO GAM launches China A-Shares fund
The fund focuses on companies that will grow due to the trends of urbanisation, income growth and technological advances.
08/25/2020
Half of Advisers have Lost a Female Client after their Partner Passed Away
More specifically, 40% of IFAs said that their female client preferred an adviser of a different sex.
08/25/2020
FBNInsurance launches payment channels
The introduction of various payment channels to our customers is one of the few innovations being pioneered by the insurance company.
08/24/2020
Investment PR boutique Phoenix Shortlisted in the 2020 Corporate & Financial Awards
The Corporate & Financial Awards recognise excellence in this area and in all aspects of corporate communications with these stakeholder groups.
08/24/2020
53% of adviser staff say remote working is permanent
The survey found that more than half (53%) of adviser firm employees are set to carry on working remotely either full time or part-time.
08/24/2020
KBIGI Awarded Maximum A+ UN Pri Rating on Relevant Modules for Fourth Consecutive Year
KBI Global Investors boasts a long-standing commitment to Responsible Investing, dating back to the early 1980s, and has been a signatory of the PRI for many years.
08/24/2020
AXA IM: UK dividends will have fully recovered by 2022
Most sectors have started to see a rebound in demand but undoubtedly this crisis will exacerbate and accelerate structural changes that were already underway.
08/24/2020
Improving economy can boost Eurozone shares
The Eurozone is full of companies in sectors such as banking and consumer goods which perform better when the wider economy is doing well, and worse when the wider economy is struggling.