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
Interactive Investor
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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
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State pension triple lock could cost £9bn next year
As well as the state pension bill being £2bn higher than the current DWP forecast next year