ANALYSIS: The US is riding to the rescue
There has been no shortage of doom and gloom despite the outbreak of something resembling summer in the United Kingdom this week.
Analysis
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ANALYSIS: A Bank of England U–turn?
The Bank of England has chosen to keep its powder dry by backing off from the interest rate cut that had been hinted at, but is this a U-turn or just minor detour?
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Fund selector: Upsetting the Apple cart
Falls in Apple’s share price in recent months have served to highlight its powerful influence over the tech sector’s performance – and the consequences of the Ucits’ 10% weighting cap.
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ANALYSIS: Come what May, are the odds stacked against our new PM?
Market expectations are pricing in a 77% chance of a rate cut when the MPC meets on Thursday; there were similar odds on France beating Portugal in last Sunday’s Euro 2016 final.
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Meet the Warringtons: a succession planning case study
In this, the second of a series of articles looking at wealth and succession planning from a legal perspective, Edward Stone, partner at Irwin Mitchell Private Wealth, follows a typical modern family through various key decisions.
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ANALYSIS: Is timing now more important than time in the market?
In its latest Flow Show note, Bank of America Merrill Lynch pointed out that, at current rates, it would take you 1,387 years to double your savings in a 1-year German deposit account.
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The post-Brexit Qrops landscape
International pensions such as Qrops are certainly going to feel the economic impacts of the UK’s decision to leave the European Union, but there will also be many other effects on these products, says David White, a founding partner at The QROPS Bureau.
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ANALYSIS: Don’t forget the trouble in China
As Brexit fatigue tightens its grip on us all, particularly those who have been writing about it for a living, and the US gets going with its election, things have been suspiciously quiet on the China front.
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ANALYSIS: UK property panic shows investment trust potential
The only thing markets like less than uncertainty is panic. Long lines of people clamouring to get their money out of an investment is never a good image.
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Brexit vote may call for early move into Qrops, says OMW
The real possibility that rules surrounding offshore pension transfers could change following the outcome of the UK’s EU referendum means advisers considering such a move for their clients may be wise not to delay, says Darren Jones, head of technical sales for Old Mutual International, part of Old Mutual Wealth.
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How wealth managers are trading as the FTSE fights back
Chin-up, dear investor. Brexit has not necessarily been the disaster for the FTSE as was predicted, and could actually be a great opportunity for UK-facing active managers.
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Calm heads needed as Leave vote sends complacent markets spiralling
Markets were stunned into action on Friday morning after the UK voted narrowly to leave the European Union. Sterling slumped to its lowest level since 1985, safe haven assets jumped and the Nikkei fell almost 8%, while the FTSE opened 6.7% lower.