Calculus’ CEO John Glencross comments on interest rate hike pause
Following the interest rate hike pause, which aligns with this week’s overall positive economic data trends, John Glencross, CEO and Co-Founder of Calculus, has shared his comments. Glencross said: “Today’s interest rate decision narrowly avoids the highest level seen...
Tight vote to hold rates at 5.25% but door left open for further hike – AJ Bell react
Bank of England holds interest rates at 5.25% – is the end of the line in sight? Reaction from finance experts
Bank of England interest rates stick at 5.25%: is there light at the end of the tunnel? Mortgage and Property professionals share their reaction
Moneyfacts share latest Pick of the Week savings and mortgage products
The Moneyfactscompare.co.uk Pick of the Week showcases the best of the latest products or rate changes to hit the consumer finance market. This week, resident Finance Expert, Rachel Springall, has analysed the following deals, along with their...
Homebuyers have only 18months to avoid Stamp Duty hike – with costs set to jump by £2.5k
Future homebuyers have only 18months to avoid a Stamp Duty hike which could cost them thousands of pounds, with tax on an average priced home in England set to jump by £2,500 in March 2025, according to analysis from Coventry Building Society.Homebuyers currently pay...
Quilter appoints Chris Jones as Financial Adviser School academy director
Quilter has today announced the appointment of Chris Jones as its Financial Adviser School (FAS) academy director. Jones joins the Quilter Financial Adviser School from wealth management firm St James’s Place, where most recently he held the role of head of change and...
Fixed Income in the News
High yield: is there enough protection? Charles Stanley
Charles Stanley’s Director of Asset Management, Chris Ainscough, discusses the place of high yield in a portfolio. While we prefer investment grade bonds for lower risk investors, high yield is still offering value versus equities in our higher risk portfolios. It...
Higher bond yields create an attractive alternative to equities
Group CIO Dan Ivascyn discusses how fixed income has the potential to offer lower volatility, greater resilience, and better relative value to equities at a time when risk assets look more expensive. Learn more about where we’re seizing opportunities today. Recent...
BNY Mellon Investment Management Launches Floating Rate Credit Fund
BNY Mellon Investment Management (BNY Mellon IM), one of the world’s largest asset managers with $1.9 trillion in assets under management, today announces the launch of the BNY Mellon Floating Rate Credit Fund. The Fund is managed by Insight Investment (Insight), a...
More Latest News
High yield: is there enough protection? Charles Stanley
Charles Stanley’s Director of Asset Management, Chris Ainscough, discusses the place of high yield in a portfolio. While we prefer...
Foundation Home Loans launches new buy-to-let Specials for Landlords
Foundation Home Loans, the intermediary-only specialist lender, has today launched a new range of buy-to-let fixed-rate Specials including...
Treasury collects £133mn in inheritance per week this tax year
The latest IHT tax data has just been published, which shows receipts from April to August 2023 were £3.2bn, which is £0.3bn higher than...
Propertymark: Rishi Sunak’s statement regarding Net Zero.
Timothy Douglas, Head of Policy and Campaigns at Propertymark comments on Rishi Sunak's statement regarding Net Zero and Energy Efficiency...
IHT receipts show fresh year-on-year rise
New data published today by HMRC shows that IHT receipts for April to August 2023 were £3.2 billion, which is £0.3...
Public finances continue to leave little wiggle room for chancellor
Government borrowing was £11.6 billion in August – £3.5 billion more than the year before At £69.6 billion in the year to August that’s...
Nationwide launches top of market £200 switching incentive and 8% regular saver
£200 paid to current account customers using the Current Account Switch Service Current account customers rewarded with market-leading...
Government faces policy conundrum as IHT receipts on course to break new records
Rachael Griffin, tax and financial planning expert at Quilter comments on the HMRC tax receipts and National Insurance contributions...
LiveMore unveils game-changing ‘counter-offer’ feature for brokers
LiveMore continues to make sourcing later life products simple for brokers by introducing ‘counter-offer’ to its later life...
Average time it takes to sell a home falls by -8.1 days
Market analysis by estate agent comparison site, GetAgent.co.uk, reveals that despite a cooling housing market, the time it takes to sell...
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IFAM 121 | Navigating Choppy Waters | September 2023
Summertime And ‘the livin’ is easy’ apparently. Well, that was according to Louis and Ella singing that fabulous song more years ago than even I can care to remember. However, as we wonder whatever happened to any decent summer weather here in the UK this year, the...
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GBI 39 | Resilience and Growth | June 2023
In this issue we are delighted to be able to focus on all the positive press in our sector since our last issue and reslience and growth really captures the essence of a great many of the articles you can read here. We open with a very pertinent piece from Sarah...
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Investment Platform Research: Annual Report 2023 available now
We are delighted to present the latest in our IFA Annual Report Series, the Platform Research Report 2023. The report provides a detailed look at the platform market with key information provided by AKG, Synaptic Software and Defaqto. In order to provide as wide...
