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When money gets sick

After raising all the ‘ifs’ and ‘whens’ of radical uncertainty, you will probably have little faith in forecasts.

What Works When Inflation Hits?

How should investors reposition their portfolios in the face of heightened inflation risk?

Schroder family sees fortune grow by £1.2bn despite Covid hit

Peter Hargreaves and Stephen Lansdown feature on slimmer Sunday Times 2021 Rich List which pegs Schroder family wealth at £5.2bn

UK property market set for busiest year since 2007

The value of homes sold in 2021 is expected to reach £461bn ($654bn) – up 46% year-on-year, and 68% compared with 2019.

Pension freedoms: how they came at a price

George Osborne’s reforms offered us choice to save, invest, or spend our pensions. What happened next?

The tried and tested route into Europe post-Brexit

Guernsey has often watched – with a calm detachment – the waxing and waning of the UK’s mercurial relationship with the European institutions over half a century.

UK Infrastructure Bank - Financial returns v Building back better, fairer and greener

HMT’s policy document issued in March 2021 set out some key principles around how UKIB will operate - Policy Design of the UK Infrastructure Bank.

81% of financial services employees do not want to return to the office full-time

A move to a hybrid working model seems to be the preferred choice among all areas of the organisation.

Guernsey Private Investment Fund attracting tech sector

Reference Fund is a fund of funds structured as a Guernsey limited partnership, which targets investments with a global coverage (China, Israel, Europe and USA) in Seed stage technology focused funds.

Four Pillars of Capital: A time for reflection - 2020

83% of respondents already applying ESG principles to their investments said Covid did not alter their approach despite its devastating impact.

AI won't replace investment managers, but it could improve returns

Traditional market capitalization-weighted indices – like mutual funds or exchange-traded funds – have also grown over the last five years.

Data analysis: The competitive advantage in wealth management

Pure robo-advisory models with fully automated digital advice usually address entirely new client segments – especially the mass market.

Cryptic Markets

At the end of the week, the authorities cracked down still further on the mining and trading of Bitcoin.

The UK's 12 richest hedge fund managers

Some managers soared up the rankings while others fell down, depending on the success of their strategies in 12 months of unprecedented turmoil.

Platform sector could grow to £1trn by 2025, says Lang Cat

The pandemic hasn’t changed the demographics of an ageing population, or the fact that people will always need financial planning.

The postpandemic future of work: Hybrid, remote, and what’s ahead

How will COVID-19’s lasting effects shape what’s ahead?

OTS continues to tweak CGT as it eyes extending property reporting deadline

Extending the ‘no gain no loss’ window to the end of the tax year two years after the separation is a positive step and should prevent CGT difficulties cropping up unexpectedly.

The big long by Brown Shipley

The pandemic has turbocharged a range of pre-existing trends that are changing the way of doing things across many economies.

Wealth Management M&A Frenzy Continues: What are the Technology Implications?

Agreement on operational platforms should be established as early as possible, not least because those choices directly determine synergies and integration costs and influence ultimate deal value.

UK Rich List 2021 revealed - who's made billions more during the pandemic?

Tens of thousands lost their jobs over the last year - but many of the UK's richest people have added billions to their fortunes.

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