UK unveils plans to create single state-backed advice body
The UK government will create a new single body to offer guidance on pensions, debt and other financial issues.
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PEOPLE MOVES: BNP Paribas, Maseco, Fidelity International
BNP Paribas Investment Partners has lured its new global head of sales from Deutsche Asset Management, while Maseco has selected a former Barclays man as its chief operating officer. Fidelity International has named a BlackRock veteran as its global head of consultant relations.
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US equities: If you can’t beat them, join them
European investors have been dismissing US equities as too expensive for a couple of years. But as the S&P 500 continues to outperform other equity markets, appetite for the asset class is again on the rise.
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PEOPLE MOVES: Schroders, Royal London, Fidelity Int’l
Schroders has created a global head of strategy role, while Royal London has appointed a managing director of its Ireland business. Fidelity International is bidding adieu to a veteran portfolio manager, with Indosuez naming a new chief executive.
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Five myths about investing for children
With the new school year about to start in the UK, Fidelity International’s investment director for personal investing, Tom Stevenson, debunks five myths about investing for children.
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Advisers using technology well see 40% rise in AUM, says report
Financial advisers making the most of technological advances have almost 40% more assets under management (AUM) than their counterparts, new research suggests.
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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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Brexit: impact on pensions and investments
Everyone is still struggling to get to grips with the UK voting to leave the European Union, and quite frankly it has been ‘brexhausting’. Moving past the politics, Fidelity International has provided some tips about what this could mean for pensions, investments, and markets.
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Investment strategies for a summer of uncertainty
Summer 2016 will present a number of geo-political concerns for investors – the biggest of which is the run up to, and the aftermath of, the EU Referendum vote. Click through the slides below to see what Tom Stevenson, investment director for personal investing at Fidelity International, suggests investors can do to prepare themselves for…
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PEOPLE MOVES: Deutsche Bank, Fidelity, Charles Stanley
A senior figure at Deutsche Asset Management is take to a medical leave of absence, as parent company Deutsche Bank bolsters its compliance and anti-financial crime divisions. Fidelity has poached a portfolio manager from Henderson Global, while Charles Stanley is to suffer a senior departure.
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Chinese retail boom defies slowdown fears, says Fidelity
Despite resources such as oil, gas and coal being “negatively hit by the slowdown in growth in China”, it’s not all doom and gloom as Chinese consumers “continue to buy more than ever”, according to a recent report published by Fidelity International.
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Asia the top region among dwindling global fund inflows – Morningstar
Asia showed the strongest organic growth of fund inflows at 18.6% among the regions analysed by Morningstar in its annual research paper on flows.