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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The pensions dashboard: now there is a good idea, surely? Well, actually no, it is not. To be fair, it sounds like a good idea – a one stop shop where you can see all your various pensions in one place, neat and tidy, lovely and shiny. But there are some problems – quite a […]
When I first started flicking through career guides and thinking about what path to take, I wanted to make sure my job gave me flexibility, the ability to travel and the opportunity to meet people. After researching it, I realised a career in financial planning could tick all these boxes and, so far, my experience […]
The FCA has published the findings of its review into how non-deposit taking mortgage lenders and mortgage third-party administrators handle complaints, concluding that some approaches are “inflexible”. The regulator wanted to see if the processes involved in handling complaints posed a risk to customers, and, in some areas, found room for improvement. While the FCA […]