The Lifetime ISA may not pose a threat to traditional pensions while current...
Last month’s very public government U-turn on the decision to increase National Insurance contributions for the self-employed was largely delivered because of pressure from the Tory back-benches rather...
View ArticleA government with a big majority may be better positioned to change the...
They say that a week is a long time in politics. So the fortnight since I posted this article on the Lifetime ISA and potential changes to pension tax reliefs could now be considered an age. For...
View ArticlePositive political change helping Asia’s comeback
While investors eyes have been on the US and UK stock markets continuing to reach new all-time highs, Asian stock markets have also been enjoying a positive run in 2017, recording their best...
View ArticlePensions: An open goal?
Theresa May’s stated aim for calling the 2017 General Election is to provide a stronger working majority to enact legislation around Brexit – thus removing the nagging doubts that some of her MPs might...
View ArticleBritain in a right old pickle
Britain is in a right old pickle this morning. Britain really does not know what it wants. It has rejected the most left-wing policy agenda since the 1970s and at the same time rejected (almost) a...
View ArticleAfter the election, what now for tax relief on pensions?
I must admit that I really didn’t see the election result coming. I’m still rather stunned that the Conservatives managed to lose both a commanding lead in the polls, and a workable majority in the...
View ArticleOne year on from Brexit should you invest in the UK or the EU?
Brexit negotiations begun this week, almost exactly one year on from the UK’s vote to leave the European Union last June. In the past 12 months, UK companies have largely trod water, waiting to see...
View ArticleWhat to do when your investment style goes out of fashion
Juliet Schooling Latter, research director, Chelsea Financial Services considers the issue of investment style. Flicking through Vogue magazine the other day, I was astonished to come across a page...
View ArticleBrexit – Changing our outlook?
Despite being very British in my world outlook, I am not blinkered to some of our national shortcomings. And I admit to being more than a little concerned about the Brexit journey ahead, and the...
View ArticleThe Taylor Review: Poor timing?
Despite slowing economic indicators – and the many uncertainties of Brexit just over the horizon – the UK’s employment figures have been rather impressive of late. The official ONS figures in June...
View ArticleAll change in the car industry but how should investors react?
The car industry is undergoing profound change right now. The rise of electric vehicles, fuel-efficient cars and automation represent three trends to watch closely over the coming years. The...
View ArticleInvestors behaving badly: five mistakes and tips on how to avoid them
We all like to think we are rational and considered investors, but in reality, most of us fall into at least a few behavioural traps. We are only human after all… Here are five examples of behavioural...
View ArticleWill the Japanese stock market stay above the 21,000 hurdle?
With an election looming, Clive Hale, director at FundCalibre, looks at the prospects for the Japanese market. (Darius McDermott is currently away) Having reached its peak at the end of 1989, the...
View ArticlePensions – perhaps Nanny really does know best
For most of the last decade pensions – and pension savings – has been a really big political topic. At the 2015 General Election pretty much every major political party gave over large sections of...
View Article2017: a record-breaking year for global dividends
It’s been a bumper year for dividends so far. According to the latest Global Dividend Index from Janus Henderson, $328.1 billion has been paid to shareholders around the globe in the past three months...
View ArticleAvoiding coal in favour of joules this Christmas
FundCalibre’s managing director Darius McDermott discusses going electric this Christmas. It’s the time of the year when carols are sung, the fairy lights come down from the attic and parents make the...
View ArticleIn the wake of Carillion – how can investors avoid a ‘value trap’ and which...
We all like to pick up a bargain and investments are no different. But with global stock markets around the world posting new highs on an almost daily basis, and stocks just getting more and more...
View ArticleThree unusual ways to invest in tech
Darius McDermott, managing director at Fund Calibre and Chelsea Financial Services looks at new opportunities to invest in tech. There is an adage that, when investments boast their own acronyms, it is...
View ArticleOne year on from Article 50: What do UK managers think?
The 29 March marks one year since Prime Minister Theresa May formally invoked Article 50 – the clause in the Lisbon Treaty which enables countries to leave the European Union. Over these past 12...
View ArticleWhat has happened to markets this year?
Darius McDermott is managing director of Chelsea Financial Services and FundCalibre It has been a turbulent year for investors so far: 2018 kicked off with minimal volatility and steadily rising...
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