ANALYSIS: Did Uncle Sam shoot himself in the foot?
The first rate rise since the financial crisis was a long time coming and markets initially responded relatively well, but it is starting to look like a miss-step by the Federal Reserve.
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Japan’s move to negative rates sees FTSE edge over 6000
The FTSE 100 edged back over 6000 on a wave of positive sentiment triggered by the surprise announcement that Japan has moved to negative interest rates.
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AJ Bell to launch passive funds after buying investment firm
Platform provider AJ Bell is set to launch its own range of funds after agreeing to acquire a small London-based investment management business for an undisclosed sum.
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New UK secondary annuities market greeted with caution
The UK financial services industry has cautiously welcomed the government’s plans to extend its pension freedoms and create a new secondary annuities market by giving more than five million people the ability to sell their annuity from 6 April 2017.
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Retirement portfolio theory
With pension management expected to undergo a revolution this year, the UK pension industry could do worse than to look at developments in other countries.