Meg Bratley
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Life insurance sector set to shrink by £6bn in 2023
Analysis by Final Duties, the UK’s most experienced probate brokers, has revealed that the estimated size of the UK’s life insurance sector is…
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NHS waiting list at 7.71 million with 1 million set to ‘go private’ by 2025
Today’s NHS England data on waiting lists shows that the backlog fell slightly by roughly 60,000 through October with the total queue…
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Mistrust of technology exposing a third of regulated firms to money laundering – SmartSearch survey
More than a third (36 per cent) of people in regulated firms who ‘can’t trust’ electronic ID verification and instead rely on…
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COP 28 – has it been a success? Reflections from Eva Cairns at abrdn
As COP28 has drawn to a close, Eva Cairns, head of sustainability insights and climate strategy at abrdn reflects on what has…
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Interest rate impact: Two years on since 2021 base rate rise
This month marks two years since the Bank of England made its first of 14 consecutive base rate rises. Moneyfactscompare.co.uk has analysed the average…
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Over 55s slam employers as ‘ageist’ and less open to hiring older workers
• More than half of retirees aged 55+ say employers are less open to employing older workers • Nearly three-quarters of retirees…
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COP 28 Takeaways: Transition investing has taken centre stage
Following COP 28, hosted in Dubai, Ninety One reflects on how the conversation has changed and how finance, effectively directed and deployed,…
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Close Brothers Asset Management acquires IFA business
Close Brothers Asset Management (CBAM) has agreed to acquire Dorset based IFA, Bottriell Adams, Chartered Financial Planners LLP (subject to regulatory approval).…
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Advisers see continuing impact of tough economic environment on client behaviours
New research from Royal London, the UK’s largest life, pensions and investment mutual, has found 41% of advisers are having more conversations with clients…
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Falling swap rates indicate lower rates on the horizon
Mortgage rates are predicted to fall next year as lenders take advantage of cheaper funding, after figures show that average swap rates…
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