Weekly outlook: SJP, HSBC and Shell reveal Covid impact amid central bank meetings
The key events for UK wealth managers for the week starting 27 April
Coronavirus
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Nearly half of UK advice firms will need to furlough staff
14% claim their business will go bust without access to funding
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Coronavirus weekly round-up: Oil prices turn negative while a leading Covid-19 vaccine trial disappoints
Five investors mull the events shaping portfolios over the past week
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Coronavirus sector review: Allianz shines in ‘mixed bag’ of IA Sterling Strategic Bond funds
Funds have delivered returns ranging from 17% to -26% since coronavirus sell-off hit markets
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Darius McDermott: Don’t write off UK small caps
Numis smaller companies index has returned more than twice the FTSE All Share in the past decade
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DFMs bide their time on negative oil prices
WTI contracts hit by ‘double whammy’ of supply glut and coronavirus lockdown
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AJ Bell sets quarterly record for platform customers but assets drop 12%
CEO Andy Bell is donating April, May and June wages to the firm’s Covid fund
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What is the right way to approach executive pay during the coronavirus crisis?
‘We will give short shrift to pleas that managements’ experiences should be any different from those of their workforces’
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FCA lays down law over PI cover during coronavirus pandemic
It will consider ‘taking action’ where it sees evidence renewal process is being affected
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IA suspends equity income yield requirements as dividends slashed by £21bn
But ability to store income means investment companies have not experienced same hiccups
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Are boutiques really better placed to navigate volatility?
Two studies find smaller fund houses deliver a premium in European small and mid cap and GEM
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Aim-listed Frenkel Topping shows up larger rivals amid coronavirus sell-off
Financial advice firm sees assets slide 4% over the quarter while Quilter sustains 14% AUM hit
