Why Abenomics will continue to benefit Japan
With Shinzo Abe’s recent announcement of a snap election, Adrian Lowcock, investment director at Architas, assesses the case for investing in Japan.
Author: Adam Lewis
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Analysis: Is the Trump trade back on?
Faith in the “Trump trade” faded during the summer, as controversy crowded out policy, but it has sparked back to life as the administration lays out plans for a significant overhaul of the US tax system.
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Investment managers optimistic ahead of Mifid II
After a drop off in sentiment in the previous three months, asset and wealth managers in the UK are more optimistic about their overall business situation, according to the latest CBI/PwC Financial Services Survey.
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Wealth managers swap cash for bonds as caution persists
Having hit a high of 9% in June, wealth managers cut their weighting in cash to 6.99% in the past three months in the Trustee MPI low-risk mandates.
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Is now the time to be flocking into bonds?
Investors’ love affair with bond funds shows no signs of abating, with recent statistics from FundsNetwork showing the Sterling Corporate Bond sector was the most purchased peer group in July.
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Kempen launches European high yield fund
Dutch-based Kempen Capital Management has launched a European high yield fund targeting returns from BB-rated debt in the junk bond market.
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Risk of another US debt ceiling impasse already hitting treasuries
An impasse over raising the debt ceiling could see the US hit the financial buffers in early October failing to meet around 23% of its short term obligations, an analysis by Washington think tank the Bipartisan Policy Centre has said.
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Analysis: Insistent client advice needs two suitability reports
Advisers are mulling the implications of FCA plans to incorporate the term ‘insistent client’ into its handbook guidance. The regulator has outlined what it sees as best practice – a move that could see advisers producing two suitability reports, with a particular focus on pension transfer advice.
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Analysis: Why do UK advisers have to follow EU rules?
Portfolio advisers are increasingly asking themselves why they are having to deal with so much regulatory change emanating from the EU, given the fast approaching deadline for Brexit in March 2019.
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Analysis: UK Government needs to act quickly on cold calling
While welcoming the UK Government’s decision to resurrect a ban on pension cold calling, many industry figures have expressed concerns on how long it will take to implement.
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Government revives pensions cold calling crackdown
IFAs have not unanimously welcomed the UK Government’s revived and extended plans for a ban on pension cold calling, announced Monday as part of a raft of measures to tackle pension scams.
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Investors rush to gold following rising North Korea tensions
The stand-off between US president Donald Trump and North Korea has led to a spike in gold and silver prices, with financial markets adopting a safety first attitude in the immediate aftermath of escalating tensions.