Investment
Companies increase long-term focus as quarterly reporting falls
The UK’s top companies are reducing the publication of quarterly reports with an increasing number abandoning them altogether, the UK’s Investment Association has found.
Investment | 5 Sep 17
ANALYSIS: Why a world of low-returns is here to stay
Is 5% all an investor can hope for in returns over the next 10 years? With both investment managers and the regulator singing from the same hymn sheet, it appears this may well be the case.
Fixed Income | 4 Sep 17
Star of TV’s Grand Designs adds IFA bond to Platform One
High net worth individuals will be able to invest in a house building bond launched by Kevin McCloud, the creator and star of architecture programme Grand Designs, via Platform One but only through their financial advisers.
Alternatives | 4 Sep 17
Fecif calls for harmonisation of EU product distribution rules
The legislative barriers restricting the cross-border distribution of funds across Europe have to be removed and replaced with harmonised rules at EU level, the European Federation of Financial Intermediaries and Financial Advisers (Fecif) says.
Macro Views | 4 Sep 17
‘Harvey damage will force Fed to hold rates’
The damage caused by hurricane Harvey will dampen US GDP growth to an extent that will force the Fed to forget about hiking rates further this year, it has been claimed.