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Federal Reserve And BoE Expected To End Hiking Cycle This Week Despite Persistent Inflation

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With the Federal Reserve and Bank of England set to issue their interest rate decisions in the next 24 hours, investor... Read more

Higher For Longer: A 'helpful Development' For Multi-asset But Tactical Allocation Will Be Key

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The messaging from central banks over the last few months has been similar on both sides of the Atlantic: interest rat... Read more

BoE's Jon Cunliffe: Digital Pound Likely Needed By 'end Of The Decade'

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Plans to implement a ‘digital pound’ will not be decided on for a few years but its introduction is likely to happ... Read more

How To Weather The Storm: A Roadmap For More Resilient Portfolios

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The world has entered a new era of elevated market and macroeconomic volatility, with significant divergence across re... Read more

Higher For Longer: Private Markets May Be Due A Reckoning After A Decade Of Stellar Growth

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A higher for longer interest rates environment is poised to weigh heavily on the growth and performance of the private... Read more

Bank Of England's Pill: Rate Decisions Now 'finely Balanced'

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The Bank of England’s decision-making regarding the path for interest rates has become a more "finely balanced" issu... Read more

Pay Growth Eases As UK Starting Salary Inflation Drops To Two-and-a-half-year Low

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Pay pressures in the UK continued to weaken in September as rates of starting salary inflation and temporary wage grow... Read more

Metro Bank Urgent Fundraise Plans Spark Sharp Sell-off

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Metro Bank's chair has met with the City’s regulators today (5 October) after reports that the bank was in need of a... Read more

BoE's Andrew Bailey: Brexit Has 'created Opportunities' Despite Short-term Negative Impact - Reports

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Bank of England governor Andrew Bailey has argued that Brexit “created opportunities” for the UK, admitting howeve... Read more

Peterson Institute: UK Economy To Decline In 2023 And 2024 As US And Eurozone Grow

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The UK economy is set to shrink both this year and in 2024, while the US and euro area will see subdued growth, accord... Read more

UK Consumer Confidence And Retail Sales Receive Late Summer Boost

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Both UK consumer confidence and retail sales improved on the previous month as shoppers embarked on late summer spendi... Read more

Bank Of England Holds Rates At 5.25% In 5-4 Split Vote

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The Bank of England has paused its hiking cycle and opted to keep interest rates at the current level of 5.25% after i... Read more

Bank Of England Poised To Hike Rates Again Despite UK Economic Woes

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After 14 consecutive hikes, the Bank of England remains poised to hike interest rates again this year, despite poor GD... Read more

Deep Dive: Bond Managers Must 'unlearn' The Past Decade Of Central Bank Lessons

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The past year of central bank moves and their recent and forthcoming effects have changed the relationship between por... Read more

FCA Opens Enforcement Investigation Into LME Nickel Trading Suspension

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The Financial Conduct Authority has opened an enforcement investigation into the London Stock Exchange’s (LME) suspe... Read more

BoE's Jon Cunliffe: Cryptocurrency Needs Regulation Before 'potential Systemic Problem'

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Jon Cunliffe, deputy governor for financial stability of the Bank of England, has said the central bank needs to begin... Read more

Deciphering Stablecoins: A Financial Stability Risk?

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Stablecoins have increasingly become part of the cryptocurrency ecosystem. Tether, the most popular stablecoin, is als... Read more

UK To Enter Recession This Year, Think-tank NIESR Forecasts

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NIESR cut its UK growth forecast for 2022 to 3.5% from 4.8%, and downgraded its 2023 forecast to 0.8% from 1.3% Read more

Bank Of England On Guard Against Spiking Inflation

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BoE governor Andrew Bailey believes that recovery is flattening as a result of the pandemic and global supply chain bott... Read more

Bank Of England Mulls Inflation Threat

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The Consumer Prices Index hit an above-target 2.5 percent in June as Britain lifted virus curbs. Read more