UK set to face ‘sluggish’ growth in the face of sticky inflation and Bank of England interest rate hikes
UK assets are very compelling when looked at on a global basis March 8, 2019 As City AM is chatting with Mark Slater, warnings of a ‘No Deal’ Brexit are again flashing across the media headlines. The biggest news story in town is impossible to ignore as Theresa May, Donald Tusk and co make painfully incremental progress in their high-stakes discussions about Britain’s EU exit. But as the politicians flounder, Slater’s [...]
Retirement villages extend life expectancy for women March 7, 2019 Retirement villages can boost the longevity of women by as much as five years compared to the general population, according to a new Cass Business School report. Analysing 100 years’ worth of residents’ records from the Whiteley Homes Trust, a retirement village in Surrey which opened in 1917 to provide housing and support for people [...]
Three reasons why investors should consider the UK stock market March 6, 2019 By Tom Bailey from interactive investor. UK shares are now at their 'cheapest' since the First World War, says JPMorgan fund manager. It's no secret that the UK market is out of favour right now, and has been since the EU referendum in mid 2016. Fearing the still-to-be-decided outcome of Brexit and the potential for [...]
A clear choice for discerning investors March 6, 2019 Now nudging £5 billion a year, peer-to-peer and crowd lending platforms have entered the mainstream during a post-financial crisis era in which investors increasingly want a say in where and how their money is invested. Savers and investors now place a greater premium on transparency, choice and engagement – not to mention a (quite justified) [...]
The IFISA for entrepreneurial investors March 6, 2019 Crowd2Fund is the only technology-led platform allowing entrepreneurial investors to actively choose the individual businesses they invest in. Investors have the opportunity to choose loans across various sectors earning returns between 6% to 15% APR, before fees and bad debt, all within the tax-free Innovative Finance ISA wrapper. The IFISA that gives you genuine choice [...]
Bumper Persimmon fails to shake off uncertainty March 5, 2019 Despite the housebuilder's £1 billion profit and generous dividend, Persimmon shares are under a cloud. Just when investors thought it was safe to go back into mortar, the government's reported review of the Help to Buy scheme has dealt another blow to the sector. Persimmon (LSE:PSN) 6% share price decline represented the brunt of the blow, [...]
‘Turbocharged’ IAG rides out airline storms March 4, 2019 BA owner International Airlines Group continues to impress, helped by a "turbocharged" dividend yield. The British Airways parent International Consolidated Airlines Group (LSE:IAG) has produced an outstanding performance, which is particularly impressive given the difficulties being faced elsewhere in the airline industry. The company has, for some years, been concentrating on driving its business by [...]
New solutions needed for defined benefit pension schemes March 1, 2019 The Cass Pensions Institute says new solutions are needed in stressed defined benefit pension schemes to prevent intergenerational inequities. The Institute has responded to the Department of Work and Pensions Green Paper, Security and Sustainability in Defined Benefit Pension Schemes. The Greatest Good 2 paper follows up and reconfirms the findings of an 2015 Pensions [...]
Advertising outlook clouds picture at ITV March 1, 2019 There's excitement over plans for BritBox, but advertising trends at ITV still make uneasy viewing. ITV (LSE:ITV) has a strategy which is delivering the required results, even though in the very near term the company's own outlook is more guarded. The inevitable culprit is Brexit, as advertisers become less willing to commit to an expensive, [...]
How to build an investment income generating machine February 28, 2019 By Jemma Jackson from interactive investor. As we celebrate 20 years of ISAs, we reveal how patient investors can construct a lucrative portfolio. The launch of ISAs in 1999 did not get off to an auspicious start, being swiftly followed by the dotcom bust between March 2000 and March 2003. Indeed, the last two decades [...]