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2 weeks ago | ftadviser.com | Ian Smith

India is unlikely to repeat China’s meteoric growth since 1990, but we believe it remains the most compelling long-term story of any large global market. It was in January 1992 that Deng Xiaoping embarked on his immensely consequential Southern Tour, acting as a catalyst to reboot China’s market-oriented reforms which had stalled since the protests in 1989. What has happened since in China is an unprecedented period of sustained economic growth.

2 weeks ago | ftadviser.com | Chris Budd

There are a lot of claims being made for AI. Many people are getting very excited about being able to things much quicker than they used to do. There is one aspect, however, which has been troubling me. Let me be clear — I am not against AI. It enabled the latest Beatles song to be produced, as it was used to separate John’s vocal from the piano on an old cassette. I have taken the dog out for a walk to think this issue through and dictated my thoughts into my phone — this in itself is a form of AI.

2 weeks ago | ftadviser.com | Kevin Drew

UK financial advisers have fallen into two camps over a story FT Adviser published last week, in which we interviewed a woman who wants to set up a ‘shop front’ in her local town. Amy Gray, founder of Amy Gray Wealth Management, told FT Adviser she wanted to create a place where ordinary consumers can walk in and find out what it is financial advisers can do for them. She said it was the next step for her business as she seeks to close the advice gap in her area and grow her practice.

3 weeks ago | ftadviser.com | Stephanie Hawthorne

The retirement age in Denmark will be a record-breaking 70 from 2040. Estonia, Italy, the Netherlands and Sweden are also all set to raise their state pension age to 70 according to new OECD research. The UK plans to raise our own state pension age rise to 67 in 2026. But is the nation ready for a large cohort of workers in their 60s and beyond? There is a huge dichotomy between the government’s hopes for longer working lives and people’s lived experience.

3 weeks ago | ftadviser.com | Joseph Wilkins

It feels like an opportune time to write this piece now US equities have stormed back above their pre-liberation day levels. The so-called ‘magnificent seven’ have held on to their ‘magnificent’ status (for now), which leaves the US market with the same issue as ever — how to manage a historic level of concentration. Investors have flocked towards strategies that promise attractive returns on US equities without having to rely on the big guns to carry performance.