Philippa Aylmer writes that inflation is now more than double the Bank of England’s inflation target and with continued supply bottle necks, labour shortages and rising commodity prices, inflation is expected to rise even further.
Hugo Thompson, Multi-Asset Investment Specialist, HSBC Asset Management writes that investing for income used to be the easiest game in town.
Philippa Aylmer writes that between the start of 2021 and mid-October, just over GBP146,000 had been lost to cryptocurrency fraud, according to Action Fraud Fund, the UK’s national reporting centre for fraud and cybercrime.
Henry Biddle and Martin Todd, Sustainable Global Equity Portfolio Managers, at the international business of Federated Hermes write that to do good while doing well through their portfolio, investors should consider broadening financial inclusion as a sustainable investment theme
Julian Howard, Lead Investment Director for Multi Asset Solutions, GAM Investments writes that in the famous café scene of 1995 thriller Heat Robert De Niro’s bank robber Neil McCauley faces off with Al Pacino’s obsessive cop Vincent Hanna.
A burgeoning number of institutional investors around the world are placing greater emphasis on ESG performance in their decision-making and 74 per cent are now more likely to divest from companies with poor ESG track records.
Bill Nixon, Managing Partner at Maven Capital Partners writes that there has probably never been a better time to invest in VCTs.
Investors looking for attractive risk-adjusted returns over the long term might consider private equity, which has strong credentials and can offer significant diversification benefits when added to a wider portfolio of assets.
Philippa Aylmer writes that with the HMRC starting to collate a database of cryptocurrency activities Chris Etherington, private client tax partner at RSM, discusses the tax issues that might affect those investing in cryptocurrency.
A survey commissioned by ETF and ETP issuers WisdomTree has revealed that over seven in 10 (72 per cent) of UK advisers have spoken to their clients about investing in cryptocurrencies, with almost half of clients (45 per cent) intending to step outside of their adviser relationship to allocate to the asset class.
James Smith, fund manager for the Premier Miton Global Renewables Trust, Premier Miton Investors writes that back in the summer, he had argued that the reasons behind the predictions for relatively low long-term UK power prices may well be offset by other factors.
About half of institutional and wholesale investors globally say that a lack of robust data is holding back their organisations’ further adoption of ESG, according to a new global study by Capital Group, with assets under management of GBP1.9 trillion.
