Despite their hefty price tag, the FANG stocks and Apple have had remarkable staying power, surviving a sell-off and reaching record share price highs. But has the relative safety of the tech giants come to an end?
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.
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.
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.
The bulls and bears are out in force, divided over the prospect of a market correction in the near future, but is it wise to hedge equity exposure or is good old-fashioned diversification the way to go?
The problem with the dying days of an equity bull market is that it is difficult to be sure when it will end and how high it will go in the meantime. This, for Jim Wood-Smith, chief investment officer for private clients at Hawksmoor Investment Management, is the key dilemma in today’s markets. As he…
A new flat rate tax regime introduced in Italy earlier this year is putting the nation on the map of potential destinations for super-wealth expats of all nationalities, an expert has told International Adviser.
The UK’s Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) received 59% more complaints about self-invested personal pensions (Sipps) in the first quarter of the 2017/2018 financial year compared to the same period a year before.
Is there a potential conflict of interest arising from investment platforms or “fund supermarkets” recommending their own products to clients?
Small and expensive, are funds that have failed to hit £10m ($13m, €11m) in assets just clogging up the investment universe?
Improving economic conditions are likely to create pockets of value in parts of the global bond market, according to Morningstar.
When Vanguard UK announced a 50% reduction in its UK closed-platform fee structure for online clients recently, it certainly caused a stir, says Paul Gambles, managing director of Thailand-based MBMG Group.
