There are key generational differences in attitudes towards financial priorities and money management in the UK, but employees of all ages have major gaps in their financial knowledge, according to consultancy and actuarial services firm Barnett Waddingham.
Cash and absolute return funds remain the defensive assets of choice ahead of the Brexit vote, a survey revealed.
British expats will not have the right to vote in the UK’s upcoming EU referendum after a High Court challenge to the rules failed on Thursday.
While certain Japanese sectors are benefiting from a promising micro story, currency implications mean Heartwood Investment management is re-hedgeing some of its Japanese equities exposure.
Banks do derive benefits from negative interest rates, which are a net positive for the economy, said José Viñals director of monetary and capital markets at the IMF.
Brexit should not concern investors because it is “simply not going to happen”, according to Old Mutual Global Investors chief executive Richard Buxton.
The UK government has recouped the £20.3bn ploughed in to save Lloyds Banking Group at the height of the financial crisis nearly ten years ago.
The United Kingdom economy produced some underwhelming numbers in the three months to the end of February, according to the ONS.
Sterling got a lift on Tuesday as UK consumer price inflation rose to its highest level since the end of 2014.
Market positioning is no longer ‘unambiguously’ bearish says Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
What a difference a year makes. In the first quarter of 2015, the top ten funds were a mixture of Japanese equities, Russian equities, and biotechnology funds, with a frontier markets fund rounding things out.
Negative interest rate policy could lead to structurally higher demand for gold from both central banks and investors, the World Gold Council has said.
