Is a new government the change in narrative UK equities need?
Changing the story around UK equities is essential to stopping outflows, say UK equity fund managers
Changing the story around UK equities is essential to stopping outflows, say UK equity fund managers
Rishi Sunak delivered the party’s election manifesto at Silverstone today
A quarter (27%) of the UK’s highest earners will vote for Keir Starmer in spite of VAT charges on private education
Sterling and bond markets ticked up on news of his victory in the Tory leadership race
Guy Opperman has also been confirmed as pensions minister
The president of the Confederation of British Industry has slammed the economic policies of both the government and the opposition in a speech to business leaders, arguing renationalisation proposed by Labour ranks alongside a hard Brexit for its damaging impact on the UK.
With less than a week until the results of the 2017 snap election are revealed, we looked at the Tory and Labour party manifestos to see how their pledges on business, tax and pensions stacked up.
The UK’s top business lobby group has criticised the focus on reducing net migration in the Conservative Party manifesto.
Sir Vince Cable, formerly secretary of state for Business, Innovation and Skills is of the view that the election of Jeremy Corbyn to the head of the Labour Party makes it virtually unelectable and will ultimately push the country to the right as the Conservatives strengthen their grip on power.
The General Election may have dominated the headlines this week, but bond investors should be much more concerned by the bund price plunge, says Miton Asset Management’s David Jane.
Markets were buoyed on Friday by the unexpectedly clear triumph of the Conservatives, but while one question hanging over investors and the country has been answered a bigger one now looms.
We are now just three weeks from the general election in the United Kingdom so a significant window of opportunity could be closing, depending on your assessment of the situation.