Mar 18, 2022 | Newsletter
In December 2021, the United Kingdom’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) issued a consultation paper publishing a revised proposed new Consumer Duty that would govern FCA-regulated firms’ interactions with retail clients. According to the FCA, the Consumer Duty would...
Mar 17, 2022 | Newsletter
UK’s FTSE 100 fell on Friday as weakness in healthcare stocks and simmering Russia-Ukraine tensions offset optimism around better-than-expected January retail sales data, while the benchmark stock index recorded its biggest weekly drop in three months. The...
Mar 16, 2022 | Newsletter
The stock market has been rocky lately, and that volatility can be concerning to investors. Coupled with the economic uncertainty we’re facing right now (including surging inflation and potential interest rate hikes this year), some investors worry a crash is...
Feb 28, 2022 | Newsletter
VCTs bounced back in 2020/21, raising 4% more cash than the previous year and almost twice as much as a decade earlier. The current tax year is expected to see even more cash flood in, as investors shelter their money from dividend tax rises in April. But while the...
Feb 26, 2022 | Newsletter
Plan B measures hit retailers by more than expected in December as official figures showed sales volumes slumped 3.7%. Clothing retailers and department stores were among the worst affected, with the week’s headline number from the Office for National Statistics much...
