12/07/2020
OECD Pensions Outlook 2020
It considers how to ensure that policy makers balance the trade-off between the short-term and long-term consequences of policy responses to COVID-19
Comment, Analysis & Research
12/07/2020
The Wait-and-See Rally That Did Not Wait by Gary Dugan
The regional breakdown of returns in world equity markets reveals a pattern of previous laggards catching up.
12/07/2020
PFS pledges to help adviser wellbeing in ‘lonely’ industry
Mr Richards was discussing the state of the advice market with the editor of Financial Adviser, Simoney Kyriakou.
12/07/2020
CBA granted banking licence for Dutch subsidiary
Commonwealth Bank of Australia is a step closer to providing better access to European markets for its institutional clients post-Brexit.
12/07/2020
Average UK property values expected to increase by 2% in 2021
This tax holiday has been critical in keeping the economy moving throughout some of the toughest conditions this country has ever experienced.
12/07/2020
MSCI World rallies in record November as clients clamour for global stocks
The prospects for economic growth are improving, which will help to support equity markets.
12/04/2020
Credit Where Credit Is Due by Brown Shipley
We’re positive on riskier credit markets with overweight allocations to euro high yield and emerging market sovereign hard currency bonds.
12/04/2020
How to ensure you don’t leave your family with an avoidable IHT bill
Taking the right steps now can shield your loved ones from tax and help ensure your money goes where you want it to go after you die
12/04/2020
UK business confidence rises despite November lockdown
But the contraction was much more muted than in April, and less severe than expected.
12/04/2020
Just 8% of Brits received financial advice
But number of advisers slowly increasing
12/04/2020
Where high net worth buyers can grab a discount in London
A combination of Brexit uncertainty and the current pandemic has seen many sellers reduce their asking price expectations in order to secure a sale.
12/04/2020
Ireland's foreign investment regime
Ireland is a politically stable democracy, and successive Irish governments have striven to ensure Ireland remains highly attractive as a place to do business for foreign companies.
12/04/2020
Some monetary policy options – if more support is needed
The Covid first wave, and measures taken to tackle it, left the economy with depressed output, sizeable scars on the labour market and investment, as well as a significant amount of spare capacity.
12/04/2020
The Elephant In The Room: Fidelity 2021 Outlook Series
We expect this growth to stabilise in China in 2021.
12/04/2020
BlackRock Survey Shows Acceleration of Sustainable Investing
The survey gathered insights from 425 investors in 27 countries
12/04/2020
The role of the adviser in intergenerational wealth transfer
Bringing together different generations can be fraught with problems but advisers who succeed will have happier clients
12/03/2020
2021 is the Year of the Ox. Will it be a bull market based on sustained recovery?
“The sheer volatility of 2020 is illustrated by the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunging (peak-to-trough) by 37% during the height of the pandemic in March but staging a stunning rebound of 62% in November to reach a record high.”
12/03/2020
Only 4% made the most of lockdown falls in markets by investing more
Data from the Bank of England shows that long-term savings account interest rates have collapsed from already low rates as it looks to stimulate the economy.
12/03/2020
UK official holdings of international reserves: November 2020
This release details movements in the international reserves of gold and assets held by the UK government.
12/03/2020
BofE - Businesses now more confident the economy will warm up faster from the cold shock of Covid
As firms have battened down the hatches to survive the pandemic and conserve cash for Brexit uncertainty, investment has plummeted by a quarter for the last three months of the year.