Five takes on the feeble vote of confidence in Theresa May
Investors question when markets can regain trust in the UK
Politics
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US mid-terms could spark infrastructure spend
A better balance of power could lead to a stable infrastructure plan
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Seven investors on what to look out for in the US midterms
Democrats and Republicans face off on 6 November
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What investors would most like to see from the Budget
From IHT reform to slashing the number of ISAs investors discuss their wishlists ahead of the Chancellor’s Autumn budget
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Bullish Republicans set to get burnt by Trump trade
US partisan politics is affecting equity allocations in retail portfolios
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Labour employee share scheme slammed
Investors are concerned by its impact but objections to the scheme have been labelled “weak”
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MPs prepare to pick apart adviser charges
The Pension Costs and Transparency inquiry will put charging models under the spotlight
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Government’s NHS boost could hit investment trusts
Investment trusts could be hit if the government reverses UK corporate tax cuts scheduled for 2020 to fund extra spending on the National Health Service (NHS).
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UK political shake-up sees gold investments jump
The resignation of Brexit secretary David Davis followed swiftly by foreign secretary Boris Johnson saw a 237% jump in people purchasing physical gold on Monday compared with an average day, investment firm The Pure Gold Company has said.
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Vanguard and Blackrock exposed to US child detention camps
Blackrock has blamed index tracking products for its large stake in a contractor involved in child detention centres in the US, while Vanguard, along with several active investors, has been silent on its exposure to the political controversy.
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Europe bulls could eye UK on political shocks
UK equities could be a beneficiary of Spanish and Italian political turmoil, despite investors playing down existential risk to the European Union from the peripheral economies.
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Who has the upper hand in Brexit negotiations?
A year since UK prime minister Theresa May sent a letter to European Council president Donald Tusk triggering Article 50, the fund industry weighs in on whether it is the UK or the EU that has the stronger hand in Brexit negotiations.
