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UK unemployment rate rises to 4.5% as labour market begins to weaken

Growth in regular pay, excluding bonuses, fell to 5.6% between January and March 2024

2025 European Asset Management Landscape

While private market asset managers have benefited from high investor demand in private equity, traditional asset managers struggle against margin compression.

Billionaires Flee London for Milan

The move, intended to target large fortunes, has instead unleashed a wave of capital and talent flight.

Royal Ascot, London Marathon and the Platinum Jubilee: Events use Scottish land to clean up their carbon footprint

Other buyers include British Airways, councils in Devon and Norwich, luxury fashion brand Burberry, and the UK arm of a Silicon Valley tech firm.

European banks bullish despite tariff uncertainty

More importantly, despite the tariff uncertainty, European banks are confidently affirming their full-year guidance – in some cases they have even raised some of their projected numbers.

How can a business sale affect your estate planning?

Selling a business represents a significant milestone in a company owner’s life.

Liechtenstein: A Smile in the Financial Storm

In any other place, such a result might have prompted a debate.

Italian Financial Institutions: Sovereign Positive Outlook Unlocks Rating Headroom

Event-driven rating actions focused on investment-grade issuers with Long-Term IDRs that had been constrained by that of Italy.

‘Retirement tools focus on options too complex for the average person’

Nowadays tools are too focused on options that are way too complex for the average person.

UK Finance Data shows how family support shapes homeownership prospects

While the majority of first-time buyers are still managing to purchase without help, the growing reliance on family support risks deepening inequality in the housing market.

15.3 million people today are at risk of retirement poverty

Across the population, as many as half (50%) know they aren’t saving enough for retirement, with certain key groups facing even worse outcomes.

ARC benchmark MPS Index goes live with performance data back to 2013

Ranking functionality will be available later this year for IFAs to further support comparison between models

House prices rise marginally as interest rate decision looms

While activity may have surged earlier in the year, prices are now responding to a more subdued, post-incentive environment.

International payment rails: the value of a harmonised gauge − speech by Sarah Breeden

Based on remarks given on the Global State of Digital Asset Regulations: Regulatory Harmonisation on Digital Assets Panel at the Point Zero Forum 2025

Q1 2025 update: positive flows in Schroders Capital and Wealth Management

In Public Markets, client demand for risk mitigation strategies drove inflows into core solutions which were more than offset by outflows from equities and multi-asset.

Reforms to the UK AIFMD regime

Restructuring and streamlining

Barclays Research Expects AI to Recast Global Supply Chains and Labor Markets

In the 70th edition of Barclays flagship Equity Gilt Study, Barclays Research analysts take stock of the AI revolution and examine the implications labor markets, energy, and global supply chains.

Women as CEOs of their households: The hidden investment skills

Our Senior Investment Director, Rachael Marsden, explores how women, often the CEOs of their households, possess invaluable financial management skills.

Retirement planning: securing your future with Brown Shipley

With over two centuries of experience in private banking and wealth management, we're uniquely positioned to guide you through the complexities of retirement planning.

Senior executives: a practical guide to planning your retirement and optimising your assets

In an increasingly fragmented world, geopolitical tensions can have a major impact on the wealth of senior executives.

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