Investments & Savings
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Reduced interest rates for selected variable NS&I products
From Thursday 12 February, NS&I will be reducing the interest rates for its Direct Saver and Income Bonds products. The new rate…
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First-time investors pour into precious metals as gold breaks $5000 and silver tops $100
Precious metals marketplace BullionVault is seeing the wave of new first-time buyers accelerate as gold hits new all-time highs above $5000 gold…
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CISI enhancing its membership benefits further with launch of new jobs board
The Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI) is excited to unveil its new and improved CISI jobs board,www.financialservicesjobs.org designed to connect ambitious…
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Savers lose almost £7bn to inflation while they sleep, Fidelity International analysis shows
With inflation rising more than expected at the end of last year and remaining above the Bank of England’s 2% target, new…
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Why gold remains a strategic hedge rather than a cyclical trade
Matt Bance, Solutions Strategist and Portfolio Manager at T. Rowe Price, explains why gold’s move to new highs strengthens its role as…
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Why equity market neutral strategies demand attention in 2026
“Elevated valuations and concentration are driving investor caution” and “pushing allocators to reassess the role of alternative strategies” – “particularly those that…
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The top 20 most viewed investment trusts
The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has published a list of the 20 most viewed investment trusts on its website theaic.co.uk during 2025. Income is the dominant…
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What does the silver rally mean?
Claudio Wewel, FX Strategist at J. Safra Sarasin Sustainable Asset Management, explores what has driven silver’s dramatic rally and what it means…
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Signal and noise: from Greenland to Japan — what investors should watch
Richard Flax, Chief Investment Officer at Moneyfarm, cuts through the recent surge of geopolitical and policy headlines, from Greenland tensions to volatility…
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Silver unlikely to outperform gold from here
Claudio Wewel, FX Strategist at J. Safra Sarasin Sustainable Asset Management, reviews silver’s exceptional rally and explains why the risk-reward balance is…

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