Global equity market may comprise 40% poor performers
Technology changes are leaving firms reliant on tangible assets behind but the trend is disguised
Technology
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Standard Life launches portfolio tech solution
Firm’s head of UK propositions claims technology is ‘huge step forward’ for advisers
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Thomas Report – May 2018
In the latest edition of The Thomas Report, Nigel Thomas explores how companies’ ability to respond to change is crucial to success.
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Time to be bullish or bearish on tech?
Technology stocks have recently come under significant pressure, dragged down by the sharp fall in Faang stocks. But is the sector in a bubble that is about to burst or just going through a healthy correction?
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Seneca adds underperforming EM fund to growth portfolio
Seneca Investment Managers has added an underperforming global emerging markets (EM) equity fund to its diversified growth portfolio.
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VCT managers beef out tech teams
VCT managers are beefing out their tech teams as the scheme refocuses on earlier stage businesses.
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Managers clash over the prospects for tech
Having led much of the global equity market equity rally in 2017, managers are at odds over the prospects for technology stocks in 2018.
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Symvan launches seed investment fund for UK tech start ups
Symvan Capital is targeting wealth managers with the launch of its third Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme fund for tax-efficient investing in UK startups.
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Artificial intelligence: fad or future?
Commercial applications for artificial intelligence (AI) and robotics are on the rise, but is the sector offering very real investment potential or is it still the stuff of science fiction?
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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.
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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.