PA ANALYSIS: Greece crisis resolved in time for the summer hols… Right?
News that Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has seemingly given in to creditor demands certainly cheered markets yesterday.
Analysis
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PA OPINION: The ‘PIIGS’ are alright
Everyone is getting in a panic about ‘Grexit’, but it’s the return of the term ‘PIIGS’ that really grates.
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PA ANALYSIS: Volatility, bad omens and the dangers of central bank intervention
It is probably a good thing that most investors don’t tend to believe in bad omens.
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Panning for gold: Platform view with Hargreaves Lansdown
Platforms must adapt if they are to prosper in the new gold rush heralded by the chancellor’s pension reforms.
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PA ANALYSIS: Barclays jettisons Jenkins to accelerate pace
Barclays’s decision to jettison CEO Antony Jenkins indicates that as the bank moves on with its restructuring process, time is of the essence.
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‘Radical’ budget a double edged sword for business
Consensus is that George Osborne’s first majority budget was a radical one, announcing, among other things new dividend allowances, the abolishment of ‘non-dom’ status and £12bn in welfare cuts. For business, however, it seems it was something of a mixed bag.
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PA ANALYSIS: What will Osborne’s first ‘true blue’ budget mean for investors?
From Chancellor George Osborne’s own point of view, he has been delivering the Budget with one hand tied behind his back since he took office in 2010.
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PA ANALYSIS: Fiddling allocations while Greece burns
At most there are three things that can be said with any certainty about the ongoing Greek crisis.
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PA ANALYSIS: Will Japan’s gain be China’s downfall?
The Nikkei 225 ended the first half of 2015 at an 18-year high, and after 20 years of deflation there are hopes that the Japanese market is finally taking off.
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PA ANALYSIS: Why UK equity managers are battling with the small print
Forget Greece and today’s other macro matters, the way forward is in the small print, especially funds within the UK All Companies sector.
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PA ANALYSIS: No room for complacency as markets prepare for Greek worst
“Events in Greece have tipped the balance,” Bank of England Governor, Mark Carney, said on Wednesday as explanation for the Financial Policy Committee’s view that risks to financial stability have worsened.
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PA ANALYSIS: Mixed messages making UK equities a tricky call
Mixed messages on the health of the United Kingdom’s economy are making deciding on a UK equities weighting a particularly tricky task right now.
