Neobrokers take aim at Hargreaves Lansdown and AJ Bell November 27, 2024 A crop of neobrokers are ramping up their challenges to the industry’s dominant players in what experts say could reshape Britain’s retail investment scene.
AJ Bell: Inheritance tax changes risk ‘fundamentally undermining’ pensions system November 24, 2024 AJ Bell's boss said the changes were “arguably the most complex and costly way of raising tax from unused pensions on death”.
Reeves eyes £80bn investment with pension ‘megafunds’ November 14, 2024 The Chancellor Rachel Reeves will unveil plans to consolidate the UK’s sprawling £400bn local authority pension schemes today in a bid to unlock a wave of investment into the UK. In her first Mansion House speech in the City, Reeves is expected to announce a new Pension Schemes Bill to be introduced next year, aiming [...]
How retail investors are bracing for a Rachel Reeves tax raid October 29, 2024 Fear among retail investors is building in the face of this week’s Budget, with Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ rumoured changes to capital gains tax and inheritance tax hanging over the heads of individual stockpickers. While capital gains tax currently sits at 20 per cent, speculation has spread that it could be hiked when the government lays [...]
Why these City firms will be the winners and losers of Rachel Reeves’s Budget October 28, 2024 Nervousness has gripped the City over the past month. A vacuum of fiscal policy has been filled by speculation and companies are scrambling to draw up plans ahead of a potentially punitive tax-raiding Budget from Keir Starmer and Rachel Reeves. Among the most gloomy warnings have been an inadvertent gutting of London’s junior AIM market [...]
Netflix: Password-sharing crackdown helps streaming giant ‘under-promise and over-deliver’ October 18, 2024 Netflix’s password sharing crackdown seemed to have minimal effec, as beat third-quarter earnings predictions, consolidating its position as the streaming market leader. The firm reported revenue growth of 15 per cent year-on-year to £7.5bn, with a net income of £1.7bn and earnings per share of £3.88, all surpassing analyst predictions. Operating margins also improved to [...]
AJ Bell says Budget jitters are causing investors to pull pension money October 17, 2024 AJ Bell has warned uncertainty around Rachel Reeves’s Budget this month is causing investors to pull pension money from its platform and hold off contributing to their retirement pots. In a trading update for its financial year to September, the FTSE 250 firm said it had seen an acceleration of cash exiting the platform amid [...]
‘Musk is trying to compete in the Tour de France on a tricycle’: Tesla cyber cab launch falls flat October 11, 2024 Investors unconvinced on Elon Musk's newly released cyber cab
‘Hugely damaging’: AJ Bell warns Reeves against pension tax raid October 7, 2024 AJ Bell has added to mounting calls for Rachel Reeves to retreat from a raid on UK pensioners today as it warned rumours of the government’s tax plans were “hugely damaging” and “making people fearful about long-term saving”. In a call to the Chancellor, the FTSE 250 savings and investment platform, which is headquartered in [...]
City minister battles for UK to issue blockchain gilts October 2, 2024 City minister Tulip Siddiq is pushing for the UK to begin issuing gilts on the blockchain, despite resistance from other areas of the government. ‘Digital gilts’ would be a government bond issued and traded using blockchain technology, and Siddiq has been fighting for the prospect to modernise the UK financial system. “The underlying asset would [...]