Gold shines as investors dash to safe havens
Gold has notched up its sixth straight day of gains, taking the price of the precious metal to its highest level since November, as looming political uncertainty spurred a flight to safe havens among...
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Mexicans take time out to rage against Trump
Last Sunday, thousands of Mexicans in Tijuana did something unusual. They stayed at home. Life in the seedy border town revolves around “the line”: many locals live on one side and cross to go to...
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Adviser Workshop: How to use critical yield calculations in DB transfers
Nick Rippon Financial planner, Rippon Financial Management We use O&M Pension Solutions for critical yield calculations [the investment return required to equal income from a defined benefit (DB)...
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Traders remain nervous about French general election
A steadier euro and rallying French government bonds at mid-session on Thursday suggests that worries about the French general election, taking place in the spring, are fading. Look below the surface,...
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Mid-caps catch up: FTSE 250 shakes off Brexit woes
As the FTSE 250 hits all-time highs, ‘mid-cap’ stocks are beginning to close the gap that has emerged with blue-chips and smaller companies following the Brexit vote. The medium-sized company index...
View ArticleEmerging markets face fourth year of capital outflows
Emerging markets will suffer a fourth consecutive year of capital outflows in 2017, despite an upturn in the macroeconomic background and a surge in portfolio flows to EM equities and bonds in the...
View ArticleFCA wants to see suitability demonstrated at every turn
Last year the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) requested files from 700 firms to facilitate its review into financial advice. The files related to investment and pensions sales, which are key themes...
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Trump's 'phenomenal' tax pledge lifts FTSE
Update: US president Donald Trump has boosted stock markets after claiming he will announce plans that are 'phenomenal in terms of tax' during a meeting with airline executives. Trump's comments...
View ArticleFTSE rally builds as Trump and China spur bulls
The FTSE 100 resumed yesterday’s late rally sparked by hopes for wide-ranging tax cuts from US president Donald Trump. The UK blue-chip index jumped 29 points, or 0.4%, to 7,259, as investors also...
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Landmark legal ruling on survivors’ pensions
Unmarried people who were denied survivors’ pensions after the death of a partner were urged to appeal against the decision, following a landmark legal ruling this week. The call comes from experts...
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Spectre of regulation and policy changes weigh on mining
If you want to check the pulse of the mining sector one of the best places to go is the Mining Indaba in Cape Town. For this year’s annual gathering, with the sector in a far better place than it was...
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Passive investing poses problems for EM debt markets
A pick-up in passive investing in emerging market bonds could lead to pricing anomalies and excessive concentration risk, it is feared. Passive, benchmark-driven investment is common in many asset...
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Adviser Profile: Iain Mackie of Fraser Wealth Management
An enforced office move has not knocked Fraser Wealth Management off its stride, as Iain Mackie strives to maintain the firm’s high standards with an empathetic approach. Structural damage to the...
View ArticleOpec beats oil output cut expectations
February 10, 2017 by: Anjli Raval, Oil and Gas Correspondent Opec countries drastically curbed their output in the first month of their new production agreement, in the clearest sign to date that the...
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Investment Trust Watch: Strategic Equity's big discount
Shares in Strategic Equity Capital (SEC ) dropped 6% this week after manager Stuart Widdowson announced he was leaving GVQ Investment Management to set up on his own and that his deputy Jeff Harris...
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Junk bonds and investment grade debt see inflows
Investors remained cautious on the so-called Trump trade over the past week, as political wrangling in Washington drove more money into bond funds and bond proxies. Junk bond funds collected $1bn in...
View ArticleStocks hit new highs on Trump's 'phenomenal' tax pledge
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Prudential to withdraw from annuity market
Prudential, the UK’s largest insurer by market value, has decided to pull out of the annuity market. The move marks a new stage in the decline of what was once the mainstay of retirement income....
View ArticleBT directors show faith
February 10, 2017 by: Megan Boxall and Emma Powell, Investors Chronicle This year started badly for BT an accounting scandal in Italy, a profit warning, news of stagnation in its public sector...
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BAE Systems gains as broad market ends week higher
BAE Systems was a gainer on Friday as the FTSE 100 recorded a fourth straight daily rise. An coming inflection in US and Europe defence budgets should move BAE’s revenue back into growth after many...
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