Chloe Gronow
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Takaichi’s win set to reinforce Japan’s ‘animal spirits’
Nicola Takada Wood, managing director for Japan at Asset Value Investors, assesses Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s landslide victory as strengthening political stability…
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LV= appoints Chief Audit Officer
Investment, protection and retirement specialist LV=, has announced the appointment of Nikesh Mistry as its Chief Audit Officer, subject to regulatory approval.…
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Surprise, rather than stability, may be the defining feature of 2026 says PIMCO’s Seidner and Dhawan
PIMCO’s Marc Seidner and Pramol Dhawan warn that 2026 will be defined by policy shocks and geopolitical surprises, with volatility across developed…
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Fidelity’s Market Week: Japan surges, gold and silver stabilise, bitcoin tumbles again and the Magnificent Seven stall
Tom Stevenson, investment director at Fidelity International, highlights a surge in Japanese shares after Sanae Takaichi’s landslide victory, as the Magnificent Seven…
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AI comes for software stocks
Tom Hibbert, chief investment strategist at Canaccord Wealth, reviews a historic sell-off in software stocks as fears that AI could disrupt traditional…
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National Apprenticeship Week 2026: Entries open for CII & PFS apprenticeship awards
As National Apprenticeship Week 2026 begins, the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) and Personal Finance Society (PFS) open entries for the 2026 Apprenticeship…
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Has the cyber security industry made itself too complicated to be useful?
For many organisations, cyber security no longer feels like a source of protection. It feels like a wall of jargon, frameworks, and…
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IHT investigations grew to almost 4,000 in the last tax year, recovering an extra £246m
The number of investigations into underpaid Inheritance Tax (IHT) rose from 3,793 to 3,977 over the course of last year*, netting HM…
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Over three quarters of business directors declare employee benefits a high priority
2025 was a year of governance change for businesses across the UK, as many shifted priorities to focus on employee welfare and…
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Admiral Group invests in HSBC Asset Management Fund, providing loans to UK mid-market businesses
Admiral Group is announcing that it has invested into HSBC Asset Management’s (HSBC AM) UK Direct Lending Fund, which invests in mid-market…

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