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fssa_unbanked061125 Analysis & Opinion

Unbanked no more

FSSA Investment Managers explores how challenger banks are rewriting the rules in emerging markets.

FSSA Investment Managers 6th Nov 2025

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Interest rate update: Circling hawks

The Bank of England (BoE) cut its key base rate by 25 basis points to 4% in August – its lowest level since February 2023. This was the third rate reduction of 2025, following cuts of 25 basi...

Adviser-Hub 7th Aug 2025

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The Week: A big week for central banks

The tariff regime will have prompted plenty of head-scratching ahead of the interest rate decisions this week.

Adviser-Hub 8th May 2025

Analysis & Opinion

The Week: Interest rate fever

All eyes are on central banks. Will the US follow the UK and Europe in September?

Adviser-Hub 1st Aug 2024

Analysis & Opinion

The Week: The state of markets: is it over yet?

This has been a tough period in markets. However, it is difficult to see a reversal in fortunes in the short-term.

Adviser-Hub 25th May 2022

Analysis & Opinion

The Week: Might the war in Ukraine change the direction of interest rates?

Interest rates are slated to rise several times in 2022. Does the Ukrainian crisis shift the thinking from central bankers?

Adviser-Hub 16th Mar 2022

Analysis & Opinion

The Week: Will tapering bring the stock market party to an end?

Markets continue to ride a wave of easy money: could the Federal Reserve bring that to an abrupt halt?

Adviser-Hub 2nd Sep 2021

Market Updates

UK market review: Freedom … but no celebration for UK investors

England’s “Freedom Day” on 19th July received a lacklustre welcome from investors as the Delta variant of the Covid-19 virus continued to spread.

Adviser-Hub 6th Aug 2021

Market Updates

The Week: Has the UK stock market gone low enough?

The UK is still an important weighting in many investor portfolios, but it’s been a dismal performer. Is that about to change?

Adviser-Hub 25th Jun 2020

Market Updates

UK equity market review: On the back foot

UK share prices plunged during March as the coronavirus continued to sweep the world.

Adviser-Hub 20th Apr 2020

Market Updates

The Week: Federal Reserve: not enough or too much?

The Federal Reserve surprised markets by announcing a 50bps interest rate cut in an attempt to calm market nerves. The move hit a bum note, prompting a further sell-off in the equity market.

Adviser-Hub 5th Mar 2020

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Fidelity International | Selectivity remains key in 2020

Jeremy Podger, Fidelity Global Special Situations Fund portfolio manager, believes 2020 has the potential to be a good year for equities, supported by a pick-up in earnings growth and accommodative po...

Fidelity International 9th Dec 2019

Market Updates

The Week: Risk on: 2019 was a bumper year

Against expectations, 2019 has proved a year in which it was tough not to make money. The rising tide of central bank policy floated all boats.

Adviser-Hub 4th Dec 2019

Market Updates

US market review: Fed cuts rates in September

As expected, the US central bank implemented its second cut in interest rates since 2008 during September.

Adviser-Hub 15th Oct 2019

Market Updates

The Week: Borisnomics: tax cuts and chlorinated chicken

Should we ever have been in any doubt, it is now absolutely clear that Boris Johnson is happy to take the UK out of the EU on 31 October, with or without a deal. If ‘no deal’ is the final option, can...

Adviser-Hub 29th Aug 2019

Market Updates

Global bond market review: Central banks around the world cut rates

Investors saw a raft of interest-rate cuts during July, as central banks sought to address slowing economic growth and subdued inflationary pressures.

Adviser-Hub 19th Aug 2019

Market Updates

The Week: Monetary easing resumes: will markets be impressed?

It is deja vu all over again. This week, central banks have hinted at further rate cuts, but is monetary easing losing its potency?

Adviser-Hub 27th Jun 2019

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The Week: A decade on from the financial crisis, how do the banks look today?

On a total return basis, the FTSE All Share is up 139% over the last decade to end September. In contrast, the FTSE All Share Banks Index is down -6% Banks account for 11.9% of the FTSE 100, 12.2...

Adviser-Hub 4th Oct 2018

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