Greg Moss

Mar 3, 2025 | citywire.com | Greg Moss |Jaco Visser |Justin Adam Brown

The proliferation of actively managed exchange-traded funds (AMETFs) on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) and the A2X Markets suggests investors have a strong appetite for them. However, the reality, at least to index manager Satrix, is the opposite. ‘The rise of AMETFs in South Africa has been largely cyclically driven at this early stage from a product-push perspective [rather than] client demand,’ Yusuf Wadee, head of exchange-traded products at Satrix, told Citywire South Africa.

Feb 28, 2025 | citywire.com | Greg Moss |Joe Stonor |Victoria Bell |Julian Bovill

The FCA has launched criminal proceedings into two former advisers over allegations of fraud, forgery, and money laundering. Kerry Nelson, director of Nexus Independent Financial Advisers and its sister firm Nexus Investment Managers, appeared in Portsmouth Magistrates’ Court today accused of defrauding four clients between 2019 and 2023 out of £2m. Jacqueline Stephens, a business operations manager at Nexus, was also charged with the same offences at Portsmouth Crown Court.

Feb 28, 2025 | citywire.com | Victoria Bell |Greg Moss |Julian Bovill

The encroachment of TikTokers into financial advice has ruffled industry feathers over the last few years. The emergence of these unregulated online pillocks onto our turf has prompted calls for advisers to reclaim that space, bro. That sounds like a great idea - we’ll be armed with our superior investment wisdom and our righteous scepticism about crypto and monkey NFTs. Should we though? I’m not sure. There’s an inherent ‘interestingness gap’ to contend with. Already have an account?

Feb 19, 2025 | moneymarketing.co.uk | Adam Norris |Tom Browne |Mark Dampier |Greg Moss

There’s no respite for government bond investors – it’s been a tumultuous few years. Headlines on Labour’s tax-and-spend agenda and the UK’s lack of growth abound. We explore why the UK government is having to pay such a premium when accessing the debt markets and where these reverberations are being felt the most. The first six months of 2024 seemed contrary to the UK politics psychodrama of the previous eighteen months.

Feb 18, 2025 | moneymarketing.co.uk | Tom Browne |Greg Moss |Mark Dampier

The UK unemployment rate for people aged 16 and over remained at 4.4% in the final quarter of 2024, according to the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). The employment rate for people aged 16 to 64 stood at 74.9% between October and December 2024, showing a slight increase from the previous quarter. Meanwhile, economic inactivity for this age group fell to 21.5%, suggesting more people have entered the workforce.