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Chancellor of the Exchequer, Rishi Sunak on COVID19 response

The Chancellor announces further support in economic response to coronavirus.

Launch of Covid-19 Corporate Financing Facility (CCFF)

This facility will primarily provide bridging support to see through the temporary nature of Covid-19 related disruption

Things will get hard, but support is available.

The banks have also stepped in with a range of mechanisms from offering additional support to SMEs to payment holidays and no charges on credit cards for individuals.

Remember 2009? The tunnel ends sooner than you think

The index had started falling at the end of October 2007 after the collapse of Northern Rock and Lehman Brothers and was to decline 38% peak to trough.

Business, but not as usual: a new era of more corporate responsibility?

Rather than being a ploy to attract good publicity, this new approach to decision making is driven by the desire for corporations to do something positive and tangible in challenging times.

Fairstone Hails Growing Client Base and Acquisition Performance

Collectively these firms account for combined gross fee income of circa £6m, FUM of £613m and a total of 35 advisers and 33 support staff.

Talking and tech : How UK Millenials are managing finance

According to Klarna, millennials are managing their finances unlike any other generation.

COVID-19: Implications for business

We will update it regularly as the outbreak evolves.

Avoiding the Motherhood Pensions Penalty

The ‘motherhood penalty’ leaves many behind in their retirement planning.

Dealing with the financial impact of the coronavirus outbreak

Preparing for a financial shock like this is extremely difficult, particularly when combined with the obvious concerns about our own health and the consequences of this pandemic on wider society.

Half of advisers use ‘bucketing strategies’ in decumulation

The current coronavirus-related market falls will be the first live test for many of the strategy since the introduction of pension freedoms in 2015

Leading in this unprecedented moment: 8 wellbeing leadership strategies for responding to COVID-19

“This is an unprecedented moment. It’s important that we approach it with a sense of calm and responsibility—because we have many people counting on us.” —Google CEO Sundar Pichai

Reducing the risk of infection

Biology shows us that there are additional ways to reduce the risk of serious coronavirus infections, in addition to hand hygiene and keeping distance, Viola Vogel writes.

FOS March 2020 newsletter

Coronavirus: what it means for our customers

Budget 2020 – what does it mean for charities?

Those that have already paid their business rates for 2020-21 will be refunded but they may be required to apply to their local authority.

Millennials vs. Gen Xers: Fiduciary Asset Management Mutually Fruitful Solution to Family Wealth Planning

As these businesses are mature and already have economies of scale, there is an increasing need to organize and protect basic business assets and the personal wealth of families.

How startups fail to use the cloud to grow business, and how to change it

At a high level, that means carefully choosing which data to move to the cloud and establishing proper data governance around all the sensitive information you store there.

Panic Has No Bounds - Gary Dugan

The panic is evident.

Coronavirus breakthrough: Australian researchers find ‘cure’

He said one of the medications, given to some of the first people to test positive for COVID-19 in Australia, had already resulted in ‘disappearance of the virus’ and complete recovery from the infection.

Global downturn will be a test for the robo-advice model

A COVID-19-induced crash of equities saw markets endure their worst day of the post-financial crisis era andthe FTSE 100 had £144 billion wiped off its value on 9th March 2020, giving it its biggest one-day fall since 2008.

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