AssetCo buys SVM Asset Management

Belinda Thomas, Partner and Head of Sales at Triple Point writes that the Autumn Budget came and went without any notable implications for estate planning. 

Commenting on 2021, the UK DIY investment platform InvestEngine’s managing director Andrey Dobrynin writes that investors have increasingly turned to ETFs for a simple, low-cost way to put their money into the stock market. 

Spectrum Markets’ head of marketing, Martina Hoffard writes that women in technology are underrepresented. Underpaid. Underpromoted? Better representation of women in the workplace correlates to better business outcomes; proving that what’s good for equality is good for business, she writes.

David Wood, Managing Director of Luma’s International Business asks: “In an increasingly competitive and cost-constrained world, how do wealth managers differentiate themselves?” One way is for them to offer clients highly tailored advice, Wood says. 

Willem Sels, Global CIO, Private Banking and Wealth Management at HSBC has commented on the key macro-economic themes as the global economy moves from the reopening to the mid-cycle stage.