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1 month ago | 
ffnews.com | Lauren Hinton |Nick Eatock
intelliflo, a global leader in financial adviser technology, has released its 2025 Advice Map of the UK. Drawing on 2.8 million advised client records held within intelliflo office, the Advice Map of UK reveals how widely advice is accessed and found that engagement with financial advice varies considerably across age, relationship status, gender, and geographical location.
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2 months ago | 
moneymarketing.co.uk | Dan Cooper |Greg Neall |Nick Eatock |Nita Patel
It was all going so swimmingly for the ‘big tech’ stocks, wasn’t it? That was until Monday when, out of the blue, something came along that had traders trembling and artificial-intelligence investors both irked and intrigued. The news that Chinese start-up DeepSeek had created a generative AI chatbot similar to ChatGPT – but for a fraction of the cost – sent shockwaves through the market. Some have disputed its claim that it managed to produce it for $6m.
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2 months ago | 
moneymarketing.co.uk | Nick Eatock |Dan Cooper |Greg Neall
When intelliflo recently asked advice firms for their views on artificial intelligence (AI) and how it might impact their business, 72% thought integrating it in advice delivery was important, while just 7% expected it to negatively affect the profession. Nearly half (46%) are already using, or plan to use, AI in some form. However, a resounding 95% feel they don’t have the required skillset within their firm to fully harness the power of AI.
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Jan 16, 2025 | 
professionaladviser.com | Nick Eatock
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) exploded into our collective consciousness in 2023 with the launch of tools like ChatGPT. In 2024, major tech firms sought to leverage its benefits, embedding AI functionality into our laptops and smartphones with the expansion of tools like Google Gemini, Microsoft Copilot and Apple Intelligence.
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Nov 27, 2024 | 
moneymarketing.co.uk | Tom Redmayne |Momodou Musa Touray |Nick Eatock |Chris Budd
Space X’s Starship is the most powerful launch system ever created. As the name suggests, it is something worthy of a sci-fi film. Starship is the largest ever flying object, weighing 5,000 tonnes. It towers above the Texan landscape at 121 metres high (25 metres higher than Big Ben’s tower), with 33 massive engines. Space X has built a launch tower which not only launches Starship but also catches the 71-metre rocket as it plummets back to Earth from space.
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Nov 25, 2024 | 
moneymarketing.co.uk | Trevor Greetham |Nick Eatock |Alistair Cunningham |Salome Asabre
It’s often said that economics matters more than politics where financial markets are concerned. Recent events challenge this view. Ten-year gilt yields have risen by the best part of a per cent since mid-September after a bumper UK Budget and victory for Donald Trump caused investors to increase their estimates for global bond issuance. Meanwhile, US stocks and the dollar reacted very positively to the outcome of the US election.
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
moneymarketing.co.uk | Faith Liversedge |Nick Eatock |Momodou Musa Touray
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) have put out a joint call for input into how they can work together to modernise the process for consumer redress. The organisations said they have heard from stakeholders that they currently “find it challenging” to make representations to the FCA, FOS and other regulatory family members on issues that may have significant or wider implications.
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
moneymarketing.co.uk | Nick Eatock
The new Labour government has confirmed it will push ahead with plans to bring in a regime for regulating ESG ratings providers. The global ESG market is predicted to surpass $40trn by 2030. Investors and markets are increasingly using ESG ratings to inform investment decisions and capital allocation. The number of firms offering ratings on ESG factors has grown rapidly in recent years, and the differences in the methodologies behind these ratings can be problematic.
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
moneymarketing.co.uk | Dan Cooper |Greg Neall |Nick Eatock
Good morning and welcome to your Morning Briefing for Friday 15 November 2024. To get this in your inbox every morning click here. Cutting financial services ‘red tape’Chancellor Rachel Reeves used her maiden Mansion House speech to announce a package of reforms aimed at driving competition across financial services. During last night’s speech (14 November), Reeves argued that regulatory changes have “gone too far” since the 2008 economic crisis.
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Nov 14, 2024 | 
moneymarketing.co.uk | Nick Eatock |Momodou Musa Touray |Robin Powell
For several weeks, we’ve been hearing the government talk about “fixing the foundations” of the UK economy. Speculation has been rife about how chancellor Rachel Reeves would address the £22bn “black hole” in public finances. Now, with the Budget out of the way, we have a clearer view of the specific plans. Billed as a Budget to rebuild Britain, there was a strong focus on making difficult decisions on tax and spending to support economic growth and stability.
