Could rising technology spark low inflation?
Rathbones has ranked technology as the second most-likely cause of low inflation in the UK over the next 20 years, just behind Bank of England monetary policy as the first.
Technology
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Embark platform set to ‘disrupt market’
Embark Group is “set to materially disrupt” the current market with the launch of its open architecture platform.
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Big tech propels Scottish Mortgage outperformance
Strong rises in the share prices of Alibaba, Tencent and Baidu in the last six months have boosted the performance of the £6.3bn Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust, according to its latest results.
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Tech tops returns in October, while gold bottoms
Investors in technology funds enjoyed strong returns in October, while four of the worst performing funds in the month were gold invested.
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Axa IM launches digital economy fund
Axa Investment Managers has launched an equity fund that invests in companies benefiting from the switch to a digital economy.
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‘Do or die’: Asset managers urged to embrace tech
Asset managers must embrace technological developments that will drive exponential change in the industry or risk missing out on growth, according to a PwC report.
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Advisers set to embrace platform technology
A third (36%) of financial advisers plan to direct more business to platforms over the next 12 months, according to a report by Aegon.
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PA ANALYSIS: Is there a tech bubble?
Valuations of some technology stocks have sky-rocketed in recent times, sparking comparisons with the tech bubble at the turn of the millennium. Is this time different?
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PA ANALYSIS: Rise of the machines
It’s been 33 years since the first Terminator film hit our cinema screens, but it hasn’t stopped many obsessing about a possible robot uprising.
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M&G’s Rhodes keeps faith in US dividends
The US remains the best dividend market in the world “by a mile” and yield opportunities still exist despite high valuations, M&G’s Stuart Rhodes believes.
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PA ANALYSIS: Why tech is not all about growth
In the not too distant past, the notion of investing in technology for anything but capital growth would have been scoffed at.
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Smith & Williamson unveils Artificial Intelligence equity fund
London-based investment boutique Smith & Williamson has launched a new Ucits-compliant global thematic fund which will invest in stocks set to gain from developments in Artificial Intelligence.