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When you see empty shelves in the supermarkets and people panic buying on TV, you can’t stop feeling that you are going to miss out – even though all the experts tell you that you won’t. In much the same way with investment portfolios and despite the fact that we knew that we were taking […]

Dynamic Planner Investment Committee – Q1 2020 Update Global growth levels were muted for 2019, but forecasts are for a modest pick-up in 2020 for the G7 economies. The US still stands out among the advanced economies, given the current full employment and strong retail sales growth. With 2020 being an election year, there have […]

By Jim Henning, Head of Investment Services As we started 2020, it wasn’t long before further disturbing news about climate change grabbed the headlines – the wildfires raging in Australia; the last 10 years in the UK being the second hottest in the past 100 years; and Mark Carney’s – the outgoing Governor of the […]

In this blog our CEO Ben Goss outlines below what he believes will be the most transformative issues facing the advice industry in 2020. 1. Sustainability becomes part of the suitability conversation Addressing climate change is the most pressing need of our time. UK advisers, as gatekeepers to one of the largest investment pools in […]

‘What is one good thing which happened in financial services and markets in 2019? And what are you most looking forward to happening in 2020?’ We put the questions to experts on our Asset & Risk Modelling team and also our CEO, for their personal thoughts   In my opinion, the best thing to happen […]

A weak manufacturing survey in Germany has sharpened the focus of markets towards the extent of the global economic slowdown. German manufacturing PMI recently fell to 44.7, the second lowest since 2009, and versus an expected number of 48 (anything below 50 is considered to be consistent with contraction). Meanwhile, the new orders sub-index, a […]