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Woodford To Stand By 'poor Investment' Capita
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Neil Woodford has spoken out about holding outsourcing company Capita, one week on from the company seeing its shares p... Read more
Theresa May Singles Out Encrypted Messaging Apps In Davos Address
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Theresa May has long been a critic of large tech firms but her address from Davos on Thursday (25 January) zoned in on ... Read more
GDP Beats Expectations To Increase 0.5% In Q4
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The UK economy grew at 0.5% in the fourth quarter of 2017, helped by strong growth in the business and finance sector. ... Read more
S&W Enterprise Fund's Net Exposure Nears Historic Low As Shorting Opportunities Rise
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Managers of the Smith & Williamson's Enterprise fund have reduced its net long exposure to equities to near all-tim... Read more
Hard Brexit Could Cost UK Economy £54bn
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The UK could suffer a £54bn hit to its economy by 2030 in the event of a "hard Brexit" scenario, the first set of taxp... Read more
'Shared Market' Could Benefit Both UK And EU Post Brexit, Think Tank Says
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The Institute for Public Policy Research has called for the creation of a new customs union within which the UK would be... Read more
2018: Five Walls Of Worry... And Five Slopes Of Hope For Investors
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The old saying "markets like to climb a wall of worry" proved spot on in 2017, writes Russ Mould, investment director a... Read more
Aberdeen Standard Investments Sees Wholesale Outflows Halve; Integration 'making Good Progress'
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Aberdeen Standard Investments has reported net outflows increased by £1.5bn to £16.4bn for the nine months to 30 Sept... Read more
OMGI's Buxton Set To Announce £550m Buyout With Backing From TA Associates
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Richard Buxton, chief executive of Old Mutual Global Investors (OMGI), is set to announce he is ready to complete a £5... Read more
Gosden, Morrissey And Milburn: The Big People Moves Of 2017
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Investment Week takes a look at the key industry moves from 2017 including former Kames Capital bond duo Phil Milburn a... Read more
Christmas Pinch: Inflation Nears Six-year High To Reach 3.1% In November
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Inflation rose to 3.1% in November, according to the Office for National Statistics, beating previous estimates that i... Read more
Despite Brexit Breakthrough, Experts Predict Electronic Border For Ireland
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The news that a Brexit deal was agreed ensuring no hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland has... Read more
Pound Dips Despite Historic Brexit Border Deal
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Sterling fell in early morning trading despite Britain and the European Union reaching a historic deal regarding its Br... Read more
Diversification - The Magic Ingredient
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Many investors are tempted by tactical asset allocation - the practice of shifting a portfolio's weighting as the outlo... Read more
OMGI's Buxton: Govt Needs To Address Demographic Divide Or Risks 'sleepwalking Into Electoral Disaster'
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Richard Buxton, chief executive of Old Mutual Global Investors and manager of its £2.3bn UK Alpha fund, has said the b... Read more
Investment Conundrums: Columbia Threadneedle's Burgess On Why Asset Managers Will Not Desert London Even Under 'onerous Brexit'
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Mark Burgess, deputy global CIO and CIO EMEA at Columbia Threadneedle Investments, has said he expects London to retain... Read more
Why Consumers Will Determine The UK's Economic Prospects In 2018
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British consumers held up well in the wake of the UK Brexit referendum last year, but signs of weakness have emerged. Read more
Columbia Threadneedle's Colwell: Navigating Monetary Policy Far Bigger Risk Than Brexit
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Richard Colwell, head of UK equities and manager of the £4.1bn UK Equity Income fund at Columbia Threadneedle Investme... Read more
Inflation Series: Ageing Past The Tipping Point
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The popular consensus seems to have coalesced around the view ageing is deflationary, and the Japanese experience is of... Read more
Woodford 'absolutely Delighted' With Chancellor's Investment Fund Plans For British Start-ups
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Neil Woodford, manager of the £695m Woodford Patient Capital trust, has welcomed yesterday's Autumn Budget announcemen... Read more