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“Can the magnificent seven ever be considered a ‘responsible’ investment?”
Ethical? Sustainable? Responsible? Let’s call the whole thing off, what’s in a name? What should...
“Bank of England lowers base rate to 4.75%”
In other more parochial news, UK interest rates have moved down by 0.25% to 4.75%. ‘At last’, if...
“Number of clients considering ESG drops for a third year”
As you’ll have heard many times, we like to think we champion...
“Investment platforms rejoice as Labour looks to scrap Great British ISA”
Jeremy Hunt’s proposed Great British ISA was supposed to fly the flag and encourage investment in...
“US selloff resumes as FTSE slides 2%, Japan plunges 12%”
’Not such a good day to come and see us, look at what’s happening to stock markets’, I heard on...
“Bank of England cuts interest rates to 5%”
It’s not a big cut, just 5% of 5.25% to 5%, in fact, a quarter of a percent or 25 basis points as...
“FTSE 100 skyrockets and pound rallies as markets react to Labour Party’s landslide victory”
‘Won’t the markets crash if Labour wins? Should we move everything to cash just in case?’ Well,...
“UK becomes the fraud capital of the world”
Remember that rather silly song?: ‘Everybody’s good at doing something, and I’m good at cooking...
“Green advisers push back at ‘lazy and dated’ sustainability views”
Nice to know that mine is not a lone voice, and that there is at least some 21st century,...
“Long live the 60/40 portfolio?”
If you’re a ‘Balanced’ investor, which, at ‘medium risk’ is, in our experience, where most are...
“Adviser slams sustainability as ‘overdone and ludicrous'”
There are many reasons/excuses for not saving the planet. ‘Why bother recycling, it all gets...
“Bank of England maintains interest rate at 16-year high”
News that interest rates aren’t coming down yet could be spun as a positive, at least they’re not...
“‘Investors ignore geopolitics at their own risk'”
‘What about all this in the Middle East?’, I’m often asked in words to that effect, ‘what’s that...
“FCA to take action against Neil Woodford and WIM”
It’s ten years now since Neil Woodford launched his own fund management company. He was seen as a...