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Guest insight | Marlborough’s Sheldon MacDonald explains how the big tech wobble has exposed the folly of non-diversification in portfolios
Sharing his views on why diversification within investment portfolios is key and why Markowitz’ MPT still holds good today, Sheldon MacDonald, CIO…
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Good news at last! Reaction from across the industry as Bank of England cuts interest rates by 0.25%
UK interest rates have been cut today by the Bank of England for the first time in 4 years. Good news for…
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Industry reacts to latest Nationwide House Price Index
The Nationwide House Price Index released this morning has revealed that house prices grew by 0.3% month on month in July. Following…
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M&G Investment Insights: India, Navigating Volatility Post-Budget
Written by Vikas Pershad, Portfolio Manager, Asian Equities, M&G Investments The Indian equity market has been experiencing a turbulent period, marked by a…
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Taking the leap on the Consumer Duty | FCA’s Sheldon Mills delivers speech to mark the Duty’s first anniversary
In the following speech by Sheldon Mills, Executive Director of Consumers & Competition at the FCA, delivered at the FCA’s Consumer Duty:…
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‘A dark age has descended on the active management industry’| AJ Bell’s 2024 Manager versus Machine report shows managers struggling to beat tracker funds
The team at AJ Bell have today released their latest Manager versus Machine report. And it paints an alarming picture for active…
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Launching a VCT in the North and the ‘More Than Money’ approach, according to Praeutra’s Sam McArthur
In this exclusive interview with GBI Magazine, Praetura Investments’ partner Sam McArthur discusses the company’s approach to VCT investments. Q: Could you…
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The investment potential in breakthrough cancer treatments
By Ailsa Craig & Marek Poszepczynski, portfolio managers, International Biotechnology Trust Thirty years ago, cancer therapy relied heavily on well-established methods of…
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Pensioners living on standard rate of new state pension set to lose up to £300, as Winter Fuel Payments abolished for those on not on benefits’ – Steve Webb, LCP
‘ The proposal to remove entitlement to Winter Fuel Payments from those not receiving certain means-tested benefits could create a ‘cliff edge’…
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UK interest rate decision on a knife edge | AJ Bell’s Khalaf
Ahead of this thursday’s meeting of the Bank of England’s MPC to decide whether or not to change the level of UK…
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