BoE still expects rate rises – just not yet
Azad Zangana, senior European economist at Schroders, comments on the latest Bank of England interest rate decision and Inflation Report The Bank of England (BoE) maintained its key interest ra...
Schroders 14th Sep 2016
US interest-rate outlook dominates attention in August
Investor sentiment during August was influenced primarily by the outlook for US interest rates and ongoing volatility in the price of oil. August 2016 Better-than-expected US jobs data has h...
Adviser-Hub 14th Sep 2016
Are the doom-mongers right about market risk?
China’s slowing economy and the weakening oil price have led some investors to believe bigger problems are brewing for financial markets but, while Gareth Isaac, a fixed income fund manager at...
Should global investors be quite so concerned about China?
Craig Botham, emerging markets economist at Schroders, argues that weakness in China’s equity markets does not point to weakness in the broader economy and the main risk China poses to the wor...
Where are the market opportunities and risks?
Schroders annual investment dinner saw a number of the firm’s fund managers exchanging views on potential opportunities in markets around the world. Here is a round-up of their insights into a...
Charting the UK equity market
The following article on investing in the UK is an edited version of one of J.P. Morgan Asset Management’s Portfolio Discussions and Quarterly Perspectives, which are designed for advisers to...
Expectation management
Four members of Invesco Perpetual’s Henley-based Fixed Interest team review how bond markets fared through 2015 and assess the asset class’s prospects for 2016 and beyond We are mov...
When bigger is not necessarily better
Ben Lofthouse of Henderson Global Investors explains why bigger does not necessarily mean better when it comes to investing in global equity income History shows that dividends from the highest...
Where do we go from here?
Tim O’Neill and Eric Lane delve into some of the trends, themes and cycles that investment professionals at Goldman Sachs Asset Management believe will have important investment implications in...
Gold in them thar portfolios?
Ian Muirhead, Chairman, SIFA During periods of market uncertainty, investors often make a beeline for the perceived safety of bonds, cash, or gold – and, amid meagre returns on bonds and...
Adviser-Hub 13th Sep 2016
Are you sat comfortably on your assets?
Tom Nall, Workplace Solutions Director, SimplyBiz Group shares his insights on good practice for advisers offering workplace and employee benefits. The advent of auto-enrolment has helped to in...
Valuable feedback
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Tough Times
Bad news is never as easy to impart as good news. However, during periods of economic or stock market uncertainty, it’s even more important to communicate with your clients and ensure that they...
Managing Time
If you want to do every aspect of your job properly, you need to ensure that you manage your time effectively. Although you shouldn’t ignore minor issues – after all, they can turn into ma...
Managing Staff
When your business is growing, you need to ensure that your workforce can keep up the level and quality of service that your clients have come to expect. Therefore, you need to ensure that you have th...
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