PA OPINION: Situations vacant – chief executive, FCA
With the news that the FCA’s search for its next chief is ongoing, here’s our crack at what the job description might look like.
PA Analysis
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PA ANALYSIS: Should wealth managers double down on European equities?
As we start 2016 there is at least one thing which is strikingly similar to the same time last year.
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PA ANALYSIS: Oil slide could get worse, won’t get much better
The news that Brent Crude oil slipped below $35 a barrel for the first time since 2004 on Wednesday should come as little surprise.
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PA ANALYSIS: UK consumer still under the weather despite spending power boost
Too hot or too cold, UK retailers’ reasons for poor performance is becoming ever more like goldilocks’ adventures with porridge. So how many more excuses can investors weather?
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PA ANALYSIS: US equity tea leaves do not make for easy reading
Like any good rollercoaster, global equity markets had, by the end of the year, returned pretty much to where they started, while at the same time leaving investors somewhat shaken and a little nauseous for all the ups and downs along the way.
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A year to remember: Crashes, QE and the return of rising rates
Investors will remember 2015 as a year spent trying to guess what major central banks around the world would do or say next.
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PA ANALYSIS: What if the Fed is wrong and other scary thoughts for 2016
A look at the coming year for those whose glass is half empty
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PA ANALYSIS: The stockpickers strike back
It’s at this time of the year we look back for defining features of the past 12 months, and for many there’s one clear trend that deserves some recognition.
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PA ANALYSIS: Does this mean we can start talking about fundamentals again?
Finally! After two and a half years of mixed messages and muddled data, of volatility and vacillation we can talk about something other than the Fed’s first rate hike in nine years.
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PA ANALYSIS: Should wealth managers look east, west or over their shoulders in 2016?
As we head into 2016 it seems wealth managers will be wrestling over whether to focus more on how to boost returns or how to avoid big losses.
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PA ANALYSIS: Just how clever is the Fed boxing?
The last time the Federal Reserve raised interest rates, Daniel Craig had just taken on the mantle of James Bond and Sylvester Stallone had just successfully resurrected the Rocky franchise from the ignominy of 1990’s Rocky V.
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PA ANALYSIS: What does Harries’ departure mean for Newton?
When James Harries left Newton Asset Management the first time, 11 years ago, the world was a very different place. And, arguably, Harries wasn’t the name he is now.
