UK retail equity ownership the lowest in the G7 as abrdn urges action
abrdn has called on the government to address the UK’s risk culture and boost retail participation in financial markets
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Analysis: To home bias or not to home bias?
After a decade of being seen as a poisoned chalice, good valuations and a wave of M&A activity are helping revive UK markets
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Fundsmith Equity drops off interactive investor buylist for first time
Fundsmith had featured on every monthly most sold list since interactive investor began tracking the data in 2018
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Look, but don’t touch: Do investment apps encourage money movement?
SJP’s Wiggins: ‘Much like we might limit our child’s screen time, most investors should do the same with their investment apps’
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Interactive Investor: Fixed income investments triple in two years
Allocations to UK gilts soared 2,019% thanks to tax benefits
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CEO Stephen Bird to leave Abrdn
Jason Windsor to step in as interim group CEO while the board conducts a search process for a successor
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UK CPI inches towards BOE goal with 2.3% increase to April
April inflation hits 2.3%, down from March’s 3.2% year-on-year increase
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Spring Budget 2024: National Insurance cut by 2% – but could be a ‘sneaky tax grab’
‘Double-whammy’ of cuts will lower the main NI rate from 12% to 8%, but could ultimately see UK workers unknowingly pay more
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Abrdn suffers 35% increase in outflows in full-year results
Adjusted operating profit in the investments arm of the business shrunk by 62% in 2023
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Abrdn confirms 500 redundancies in cost-cutting ‘transformation plan’ amid £12.4bn outflows
£150m of costs will be cut across the business over two years
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67% of women aged 41-55 believe they will never retire
As 41% of Brits say finances are impacting their mental wellbeing
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State pension set to rise by 8.5% in April
‘Government has a difficult balancing act ahead’ with the triple lock