Novia’s Vasilieff on the platform evolution
Novia Financial founder Bill Vasilieff outlines the evolution of the platform sector and shares his firm’s plans to keep one step ahead of his peers
Author: Geoff Candy
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PA ANALYSIS: Is now the time for special situations?
The past week has left investors a little breathless. The FTSE 100 started the week well and held up more than many expected to spike through 6,000, but worries over Brexit, wages and oil saw it slip back below that mark, later in the week.
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Aegon platform business surges in Pension ‘perfect storm’
Aegon’s UK platform business has benefited significantly from the pensions freedoms announced in April, the firm said.
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Dublin Roundtable: Navigating noise and lower-for-longer growth
The precipitous falls seen on stock markets in recent weeks have opened up opportunities for brave managers of long term money, while at the same time ratcheting up the noise and negative sentiment in the round.
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French balanced funds strongly outperformed global peers in 2015 – Natixis
French asset allocators significantly outperformed their global peers in 2015, while UK managers came in second, new research by Natixis Global Asset Management shows.
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PA ANALYSIS: Record UK employment underlines weak wage numbers
The highest employment rate since records began and an unemployment rate languishing at a decade low should be a reason for economic optimism – and, theoretically, inflation.
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Hargreaves’ Dampier joins Invesco Income Growth Trust as non-exec
Hargreaves Lansdown head of investment research, Mark Dampier, has been appointed to the board of the Invesco Income Growth Trust as a non-executive director.
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Momentum buys London & Capital DFM business
Momentum UK, has expanded into the UK DFM market with the acquisition of London & Capital’s Adviser Solutions business for an undisclosed sum.
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Shares fall as Anglo American unveils ‘new’ streamlined look
Resilience is a word that cropped up repeatedly in comments by Anglo American CEO, Mark Cutifani as the firm announced a massive restructuring programme on Tuesday.
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This looks like a mid-cycle correction – Knutzen
If your hobby is spotting bearish data points you got to tick a lot of boxes in your little black book in recent days. The 10-year treasury yield plunged to levels not seen since April of last year. The dollar swooned, the price of gold raced skywards.
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Rolls Royce cuts dividend, shares surge
You know things have been pretty bad when a dividend cut sees a stock’s shares jump 13%.
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PA ANALYSIS: Negative rates raise the stakes for getting it wrong
The Swedish central bank’s surprise announcement that it has pushed interest rates further into negative territory is the latest piece in what is an increasingly worrying puzzle.
