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PFS founding member Batchelor on why he created a ‘non-profit platform’ for IFAs

The idea was to charge IFAs for the operating costs of the platform, getting rid of the need for clients to foot the cost of platforms’ profit margins.

Alexander's Winter Letter 2022

My last Winter Letter spelt out what we mean by our purpose of ‘Good Bankers and Good Citizens’. It was heartening to learn from our recent survey that so many customers appreciate our purpose-driven stance.

Investment Fraud Jumps 42%

Overall fraud levels increase by 20%

World’s largest wealth fund warns ‘permanent’ inflation will hit returns

Equities and bonds to suffer as steep rise in rates becomes lasting feature of economy, says Norwegian oil fund boss

Spoiler Warning byTim Price

Note that while that debt is concentrated in the western economies, indebtedness is essentially a universal condition.

Gold – Increasing downside risks - UBP

Gold has traded quite strongly, considering – although this is likely also explained by commodity index rebalancing, which normally starts in January.

Survey: Only 7% of financial advisers have a proposition for advising and retaining women

Whilst nearly 80% of financial advisers believe that wealth transfer presents an opportunity to their business, only 7% have a proposition for advising and retaining women.

Moneyfarm would lose customer focus if swallowed by finance giant, says CEO

Amid the growth in the sector has come M&A activity.

Six mantras for advisers to help clients deal with market volatility

The market environment has been kind to us, Covid inspired dips aside, for several years.

Investment fraud scams rise by 42%

Once victims handed over their money, they were unable to contact the company.

London property market continues to bounce back - Coutts

That may not last though, with many UK property agents predicting significant growth in central London’s luxury housing market this year.

ECB warns European lenders on Russia sanctions risk

Central bank takes action as US threatens ‘massive consequences’ if Moscow invades Ukraine

Norway Wealth Fund CEO Warns Days of High Returns Are Over

The fund grew mainly thanks to gains in technology and banking stocks on record pandemic stimulus.

You want to see off the competition? There’s nothing quite like a head start – Gerrit Smit

With almost a third of market share, Amazon is the world’s largest cloud computing business.

London leads global financial rankings for the second year running

The research, is the second annual study of the UK’s global offer to business and looks at 95 different metrics

3 questions to change the way you think

This misconception must be corrected, however, or it will slow down the speed of change.

Quality is the decider in the battle between value and growth

This year has started along the same lines.

New family office rules are anticipated

The decisions on that could be issued as early as this week.

Global M&A Industry Trends: 2022 Outlook

After a record-breaking year for M&A in 2021, optimism for another supercharged year in 2022 remains, despite growing market headwinds.

CIO Lens Q1 2022 - your new go-to guide to markets

Introducing the new CIO Lens - a quarterly insight from our investors to help guide you through ever-changing markets.

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