Investment news for UK financial advisers and discretionary fund managers — model portfolios, fund launches, asset allocation shifts, private markets and platform developments.
The FTSE 100 insurer, which says it is the UK’s largest wealth business by assets at £261bn, set out the new ambition at its first wealth-focused investor briefing since 2023. Aviva expects its wealth…
A retreat in oil took some heat out of the gilt market on Friday, but the 10-year yield ended the week close to its highest level since 2007,…
The deal creates the only manager with top-ten global positions in active equities, active fixed income and private markets, with Schroders to keep operating separately for up to…
The $29bn Asia and emerging markets boutique returns to its heritage name from 24 November, following the absorption of sister brand Stewart Investors FSSA Investment Managers is reviving…
FCA data show a 75% jump in withdrawal values over two years, with more people accessing larger pots amid speculation over Budget changes to pensions The total value…
Defaqto research finds most people can’t judge whether AI guidance is accurate, with nearly one in five already acting on advice that proved wrong Eight in ten UK…
Signatories including Fidelity International, Hargreaves Lansdown and Quilter commit to phasing out paper-based transfers and wet signatures by the end of the year The majority of UK investment…
MPC votes 6-3 to hold as inflation heads for 4%, while a plan to sell £146bn of bonds back to the Treasury complicates the fiscal backdrop for November’s…
Meaney joins from Standard Life to fill the role vacated by Jo Kite earlier this year, as the mutual combines its customer and commercial functions into one seat…
Brent’s jump to four-month highs on Hormuz and Saudi supply fears lands three days before the MPC’s next rate decision, reviving the inflation risk the Bank has been…
