Failure to invest could see millions of Brits face financial difficulties, report warns November 6, 2023 Poor understanding and low take-up of long-term investing could find millions of people heading for financial difficulties in later life, new data reveals.
Investing in women could boost UK economy by £250bn, MP to say October 1, 2023 Investing in women at the same rate as men could create £250bn in new value for the UK economy, Harriett Baldwin is set to say. The former City minister and now chair of the Treasury select committee will tell the WVC:E summit that inequality between investment in men and women is unacceptable. Baldwin is expected [...]
Risk aversion is ‘endemic’ in UK, pensions chief warns June 13, 2023 The UK is in the grip of “endemic” risk aversion when it comes to investment, a pensions chief executive has warned yesterday. Tracy Blackwell, chief executive of Pensions Insurance Corporation, said the country needed to embrace the risk of the markets and look to divert capital into more productive areas of the economy. “How we [...]
Quilter ‘cautiously optimistic’ as investor flows tick upwards April 25, 2023 Wealth manager Quilter said it was “cautiously optimistic” today as flows onto its platform rose again in the first three months of the year.
AJ Bell’s cashflow falls as cautious investors dip their toes back in the market April 20, 2023 Retail investment platform AJ Bell recorded a slowdown in the amount of cash flowing onto its platform in the first three months of the year even as customers bumped upwards, in a sign DIY investors are edging back into the market.