Weekly Outlook: Imperial Brands and National Grid to report
Key events for wealth managers in the week beginning 12 May
News
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UBS AM unveils core ETF range
While firm will launch its first active ETF range in the near future
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Trump agrees UK-US trade deal
Tariffs on most car exports slashed to 10% from 27.5%
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Bank of England cuts interest rates to 4.25%
5-2-2 voting split represents a ‘more dovish skew’ than expected
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IA fund flows: Retail investors adopt ‘wait and see’ approach in March
Money markets attracted £1.2bn net inflows ahead of US tariff announcements
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Morningstar considers launch ratings for LTAFs
Adapting its existing Medalist Rating framework for private market vehicles
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Fed defies Trump to keep rates unchanged
Commentators say Fed has made right decision due to uncertainty created by Trump’s tariffs
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Franklin Templeton launches US Mega Cap 100 ETF
Franklin US Mega Cap 100 UCITS ETF is weighted according to market cap of the 100 largest US stocks
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UK investors pull net £1.24bn from bond funds in April amid market storm
North American equity funds attracted £1.5bn as investors ‘bought the dip’ amid tariff turmoil, according to Calastone
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£36m Downing fund transfers to Tyndall
Co-managers Mike Clements and Pras Jeyanandhan join Tyndall IM
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Morningstar: M&A is not the magic bullet asset managers think it is
Consolidation often burdens firms with more integration challenges than it does scale and fee benefits
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Central bank preview: Wait-and-see approach from Powell, while BoE expected to cut
Investors preview this week’s central bank meetings in the UK and US