Wealth manager profile: Capital Generation Partners’ Ian Barnard
From diplomat to discretionary, Capital Generation Partners’ co-founder Ian Barnard takes big industry shifts in his stride, sticking to the firm’s stay-rich-plus mantra.
From diplomat to discretionary, Capital Generation Partners’ co-founder Ian Barnard takes big industry shifts in his stride, sticking to the firm’s stay-rich-plus mantra.
There’s an adage that markets don’t die of old age, but let’s hope this current bull run doesn’t turn into an OAP situation, that is, ‘ope and pray we don’t crash.
Prime Minister Theresa May’s latest remarks on the UK’s single market access prompted a selloff in the pound on Monday, marking a ten-week low against the dollar.
Unless you have to invest in the UK market, don’t, is the message from Skerritts Wealth Management’s Andrew Merricks.
Within ten minutes of trading on Wednesday morning, Next’s shares had plummeted close to 14% after warning of “tougher times” ahead.
Rising oil prices, cheap domestic stocks and weaker sterling will create the perfect storm for the FTSE 100, boosting it to a record 7340 by the end of 2017, according to AJ Bell investment director Russ Mould.
With bond yields persistently unattractive, cash is king for Schroders head of multi-manager Marcus Brookes.
As the unfolding political drama in the eurozone takes centre stage after the Brexit vote and the US election, has sterling begun its road to recovery?
Sterling weakness continued to rock the United Kingdom manufacturing sector in November as further upward pressure on input costs hit home, but demand remained strong.
The pound has already fallen to a 30-year low but may slide significantly lower, according to UBS Wealth Management.
At their lowest point during trading Tuesday morning, Burberry shares were down 8.9% at 1376p even though its interim revenues benefited from the post-Brexit drop in the pound.
Barings’ multi-asset team is struggling to assess the fair value of sterling with Theresa May’s ‘hard’ or ‘closed’ Brexit talks pushing down the currency.