UK cash savings surpass £2trn for first time
Savers added £51bn to cash this year, but it could be a less attractive option now interest rates are falling
Author: Tom Aylott
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UK equity funds make first net inflows in 41 months
They lost £25.3bn since 2021 but raked in £317m in November once Budget fears receded
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PwC: 81% of wealth managers are eyeing up consolidation or M&A
There is an ‘urgent need’ for firms to adopt ‘transformational’ new technology, and consolidation is the fastest route
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Ian Aylward to lead AJ Bell’s MPS as head of investment partnerships
Aylward joins from Barclays to support the ‘rapid growth’ in its MPS offering
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Schroders Personal Wealth drops multi-manager model
Adopting a single manager approach on the £14.3bn fund range is ‘the most appropriate strategy going forward’
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Women could add $3.22trn to markets in ‘wealth boom’ – if the industry wasn’t complacent
Female investors could up financial service revenues by $700bn, but wealth managers are overlooking this untapped demographic
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Future Growth Capital to boost UK private markets with new LTAFs
Its aim is to ‘promote the UK’s private markets ecosystem, further enhancing the UK as an attractive destination for international investors’
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Keir Starmer: ‘We will rip up the bureaucracy that blocks investment’
Complex regulation is delaying growth projects and turning away investment, the prime minister said
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Liontrust suffers £1.1bn outflows in latest quarter
Total outflows increased to £2.1bn in the first half of its financial year
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‘An unprecedented surge in demand’ ahead for bonds as investors ditch cash
Most institutional investors expect up to $2.5trn of capital from money market funds to re-enter bond markets
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Interest rates stay at 5% as ‘dark clouds gather once again’ over the UK
The Bank of England held interest rates after an uptick in inflation in August
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Close Brothers to sell asset management branch to Oaktree
The £200m deal allows Close Brothers to ‘simplify the group and focus on our core lending business’