
Darius McQuaid
Reporter at Money Marketing
Reporter @_moneymarketing former reporter @capitalcom & finance reporter @Daily_Express finalist in @TheDrum awards
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2 days ago |
moneymarketing.co.uk | David Ferguson |Ros Altmann |Darius McQuaid
In my last column, I fired a broadside at the pension tech market, lamenting how someone with £200 invested in their pension typically has a better experience than someone with £200,000.
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4 days ago |
moneymarketing.co.uk | Darius McQuaid |Dan Cooper |Ros Altmann
Good morning and welcome to your Morning Briefing for Monday 23 June 2025. To get this in your inbox every morning click here. AJ Bell launches app-based advised platform Touch to tackle ‘advice gap’AJ Bell has launched AJ Bell Touch, a streamlined platform to help financial advisers assist clients with less money saved and have simpler advice requirements.
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1 week ago |
moneymarketing.co.uk | Charles Younes |Darius McQuaid |Gillian Hepburn |Michelle Hoskin
Cash is not usually part of the asset allocation mix for long-term investors willing to take on a fair amount of investment risk. Volatility is usually baked in to long-term investment assumptions, and long-term investors should expect to encounter some periods when equities or bonds, and sometimes both, fall in value. The long-term cost of missed equity returns is usually sufficient for cash to remain an unused option in the asset allocators toolkit.
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1 week ago |
moneymarketing.co.uk | Dan Cooper |Darius McQuaid
A new campaign that aims to ‘challenge’ the traditional, transactional model of financial advice has been officially launched. Backed by pension provider Aegon and led by Dr Tom Mathar, Money:Mindshift is a mission to reshape how people understand and engage with their financial lives. Instead, it offers a more human approach – one that recognises the emotional and psychological realities behind our money decisions.
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1 week ago |
moneymarketing.co.uk | Robert Holford |Ros Altmann |Darius McQuaid |Claire Trott
The government’s final report on the Pensions Investment Review outlines a bold vision: a market of fewer, bigger, better-run defined contribution schemes capable of investing in productive UK assets and delivering stronger outcomes for savers. It is a vision that, conceptually, many in the industry support. But our recent research suggests that, across the industry, confidence in delivery remains cautious.
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