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2 weeks ago | 
martincurrie.com | Michael Browne
In a world dominated by the second coming of US President Donald Trump, where every headline and market movement seems to be overshadowed by his new agenda, we need to ask ourselves if it is or is not about Trump?
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Feb 25, 2025 | 
trustnet.com | Michael Browne |Martin Currie
As the effects of the Autumn Budget ripple through the economy, the government may be forced to renege on election pledges. But now that bad news is good news again, fortune may favour the chancellor – and investors in the UK. The Budget, bonds and employer costsThree months on from the Autumn Budget and we’d struggle to say it has been a success. We’ve seen turmoil in the bond markets, with yields spiking on long-dated UK gilts.
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Feb 4, 2025 | 
martincurrie.com | Michael Browne
As the effects of the Autumn Budget ripple through the economy, the government may be forced to renege on election pledges. But now that bad news is good news again, fortune may favour the Chancellor – and investors in the UK. The trouble with quotations is that they’re often misattributed or even made up. Napoleon is a case in point. According to legend (and the internet), the Corsican commander said, “Give me lucky generals”. Alas, there’s no evidence of any such utterance.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
moneymarketing.co.uk | Dan Cooper |Momodou Musa Touray |Michael Browne |Darius McQuaid
Financial advisers and wealth managers can play a significant role in helping investors avoid an “emotional rollercoaster” in the year ahead as stock market volatility surges. That is the message from behavioural finance experts, Oxford Risk. However, it has warned that advisers need better technology to deliver more personalised support for clients.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
moneymarketing.co.uk | Ros Altmann |Michael Browne |Roderic Rennison
There has been surprisingly little fuss about the shock Budget announcement to remove inheritance tax (IHT) exemptions for unused pension funds. But the changes – due to start in 2027 – could be disastrous for Defined Contribution (DC) pensions. The lack of opposition to this potentially damaging decision is horribly reminiscent of 1997, when Gordon Brown’s removal of dividend tax credits from UK pension funds attracted little industry criticism.
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Jan 20, 2025 | 
moneymarketing.co.uk | Trevor Greetham |Momodou Musa Touray |Darius McQuaid |Michael Browne
Government bonds underperformed other asset classes last year, posting a negative return versus another double-digit year for equity markets, rising property prices and strength in commodities. The negative trend has continued into the new year, with US 10-year yields up 1.2% in the last four months and UK yields at their highest level since the 2008 financial crisis. It’s unusual for bond yields to rise when central banks are cutting rates.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
moneymarketing.co.uk | Paul Muir |Michael Browne |Sneha Shah |Robin Powell
When phrases such as pensions dashboards become part of your everyday vocabulary at work, it’s easy to forget those words may mean very little to non-industry people. To test this, I asked some members at my local running club to tell me what they think about the idea behind pensions dashboards. I was met with a fair few blank faces looking back at me. In fact, no one knew what I was referring to. I imagine this would be a representative response from much of the general public.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
moneymarketing.co.uk | Darius McQuaid |Michael Browne |Momodou Musa Touray |Darius McDermott
7IM has appointed Tom Glossop as head of Microsoft Platform as it looks to accelerate its digital transformation journey. The expansion of its transformation team forms part of a multimillion-pound and multi-year investment into its proprietary platform. 7IM said the investment “underpins a key pillar of its strategic growth plans to provide unrivalled service to advisers and clients”.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
moneymarketing.co.uk | Michael Browne |Momodou Musa Touray |Robin Powell |Darius McQuaid
There’s a fair bit of 90s nostalgia in the air. Although the world faces many uncertainties, there are good reasons for investors to take heart as we enter 2025. Last autumn, millions of people applied for tickets to see the Oasis reunion concerts, which will take place this summer. As a result of the controversial ‘dynamic pricing’, which allowed prices to surge in response to demand, some tickets went for as much as £355.
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Dec 11, 2024 | 
martincurrie.com | Michael Browne
As we look forward to a new year, there’s a fair bit of 90s nostalgia in the air. Although the world faces many uncertainties, there are good reasons for investors to take heart as we enter 2025. So could nostalgia for an exuberant era signal a renewed period of confidence? This autumn, millions of people applied for tickets to see the Oasis reunion concerts, which will take place across the UK and Ireland in the summer of 2025.
