PA Podcast: It is time to stop conflating fintech and robo-advice
Joe Parkin, head of wealth and retail at iShares talks the rise of the digital investor and why financial technology is far more than just robo-advice
Author: Geoff Candy
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Don’t mistake equities’ current sanguine run for real strength
Investors should not rest too comfortably on the relative calm with which equity markets have greeted both the UK’s EU referendum and the election of Donald Trump to the US presidency warns Guy Stephens.
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Patient Woodford an Autumn Statement winner
Neil Woodford’s campaign to help improve access to long term capital for British companies, especially in the sciences, got a high-profile fillip during Wednesday’s Autumn statement.
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PA ANALYSIS: Pragmatic Hammond and the art of the possible
Anyone hoping for infrastructure spending plans on a Trumpian scale was disappointed on Tuesday by what most commentators described as a cautious and pragmatic Autumn Statement from Philip Hammond.
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Cash fund domination continues as European investors stay cautious
European investors poured money into money market funds in October, as caution continued to rule the roost.
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WH Ireland expands tech offering with Intelliflo deal
WH Ireland has announced the next step in its outsourced technology plan with the roll out of Intelliflo’s Intelligent office solution within its Wealth Planning division.
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PA ANALYSIS: It is time for active managers to leave benchmarks behind
Benchmarks are a vital part of the asset management sector. Funds are measured against them, bonuses worked out in relation to them and entire sectors of the industry predicated upon them. But, if recent trends are extrapolated outwards, the days of the benchmark in its current form should be numbered.
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Not all inflation expectations are equal – Pioneer
The sharp jump in global inflation expectations since Donald Trump’s US election success papers over several significant differences in the inflation path for different countries, said Tanguy Le Saout.
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Special declines and slower US growth pull global dividends down
The weakest US dividend growth since the financial crisis pulled global dividends down 4% year on year in the third quarter, Henderson Global Investors said on Monday.
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Rising inflation expectations a boon for infrastructure – Deutsche Bank
Infrastructure securities should provide a hedge against rising inflation expectations, new research by Deutsche Bank reveals.
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Ways to solve the current bond conundrum
Short duration or long duration? That is the question. And the answer, for past few years, has been ‘long’. It’s worked a treat for some. Could things be about to change or is the raging 30-year plus bull market going to go on for longer?
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PA Podcast: Bond capitulation and the case for UK equities
European Wealth’s Richard Stammers and Nigel Marsh discuss why they like UK equities and why the Trump-led bond rout may not be a bad thing.
