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Weekend Takeaway: The Road Ahead
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26 Irish tech firms to watch at Mobile World Congress 2018 Plaza de España, Barcelona. Image: Lakov Filimonov/Shutter... Read more
Senior Tories Eye Brexit Compromise
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Senior members of the Conservative party are putting together plans for comprise in the UK's approach to Brexit negotia... Read more
Franklin Templeton Commits To Diversity Initiatives As Group Reveals 75% Of Top UK Earners Are Male
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Franklin Templeton Investments UK has revealed 75% of its top-quartile earners are men, as it publishes a Gender Pay Ga... Read more
Invesco Perpetual And Close Brothers Commit To Women In Finance Charter As Treasury Reveals Names Yet To Sign Up
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Chair of the Treasury Committee Nicky Morgan MP has written to asset managers including PIMCO, JP Morgan Asset Manageme... Read more
Inflation Beats Expectations To Stick At 3% Putting Further Pressure On BoE To Hike Rates In May
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The UK inflation rate remained flat at 3% in January, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), beating an... Read more
Revealed: Odey And Schroders' Income Duo Lose FE Alpha Manager Status In Latest Rebalance
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A total of 26 fund managers have lost their FE Alpha Manager status in the latest annual rebalance of the ratings syste... Read more
Soros Donates £400,000 To Miller-founded Anti-Brexit Group
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Billionaire investor George Soros gave £400,000 to an anti-Brexit group, founded by Remainer Gina Miller, in the wake ... Read more
Marlborough's Hallett: UK Equities Require Greater Vigilance
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The World Bank and International Monetary Fund have both upgraded their global growth forecasts and an improving intern... Read more
Hargreaves Lansdown Appoints First Female Chair; Net New Business Up 43%
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Hargreaves Lansdown has appointed Deanna Oppenheimer as its new chair as the business celebrates a 43% rise in net new ... Read more
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
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
