In this short video, Peter Rutter, head of global equities at Royal London Asset Management, explains how he uses the company life cycle framework as part of his investment approach.
The value of investments and the income from them is not guaranteed and may go down as well as up and investors may not get back the amount originally invested. The views expressed are the author’s own and do not constitute investment advice.
Old Mutual Wealth’s financial planning arm has acquired Infiniti Financial Planning, which it will join with recently acquired Premier to form its Birmingham base Old Mutual Wealth Private Client Advisers acquired Premier Planning and Premier Wealth in March. Today it announces the purchase of Infiniti, for an undisclosed sum, which gives advice to around 700 […]
Do not make the mistake of thinking you have time to pause for breath. After the rush of last- minute questions, applications, pension top-ups and Isa reshuffles, tax year 2016/17 is now history. Yesterday, we bid a cautious welcome to tax year 2017/18, which will bring with it fresh challenges, new numbers to commit to […]
House price inflation in March was 3.8 per cent year-on-year, down from 5.1 per cent in February, according to the latest Halifax house price index. House prices in the three months to March were 0.1 per cent higher than in the previous quarter. The average UK house price in March was £219,755. House sales in […]
Standard Life chairman Gerry Grimstone says the firm is eyeing Dublin as its new European Union hub and argues London is going to become a smaller financial centre after Brexit. Standard Life currently has an Irish branch, but would upgrade this to a subsidiary, Grimstone told Bloomberg. The firm would then make its German business […]
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I heard an oxymoronic gem from a fellow Gooner in Azerbaijan last week ahead of the Europa League final. “Keep your wits about you, lads,” he said. “The police here will just grab you and throw you in the cells. They don’t take no prisoners!” The fan’s concern for his compatriots was great but his articulation […]
Investors from collapsed wealth manager Greyfriars Asset Management should be able to get some type of compensation, say administrators Smith & Williamson. Greyfriars went into liquidation in October 2018 when Smith & Williamson were appointed as joint administrators to the troubled provider. A six-month progress report published on Companies House sheds light on how the administration work […]
Aviva has confirmed there are no plans to split its UK business in two parts despite talks last month of a shake-up under new chief executive Maurice Tulloch. The Financial Times reported in May that the life insurance and non-life insurance parts of the UK operation could be split in a bid to re-energise the […]