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How can industry react to rising tide of interest in sustainable investments?
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 […]
CEO Ben Goss: What does 2020 hold in store for the advice industry?
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 […]
10 good things: What happened in the industry in 2019 – and what will happen in 2020?
‘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 Slowing Global Economy is Asking Harder Questions of Policy Makers
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 […]