Here you will find articles produced for the Investment Management sector of the Financial Services Faculty.
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Investment managers face difficult decisions given present inflationary headwinds, with certain types of investments faring better than others. With inflation at a 40-year high, what strategies are being deployed by fund managers to negate its impact?
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Interest rates had gone up sharply, and households and businesses were feeling the pain. Inflation was in double figures, partly under the impact of soaring energy prices, and the government was under pressure. In response, the chancellor announced a change that sent shudders through the banking sector.
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On September 23rd, Kwasi Kwarteng, who had been appointed as Chancellor of the Exchequer just 17 days earlier, held what he called a ‘fiscal event’…and quite the event it turned out to be.
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We have been through the most extraordinary period of political, economic and market instability, including the replacement of a chancellor, Kwasi Kwarteng, after less than 40 days in office.
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The current cost of living crisis presents an extraordinary challenge for firms and regulators to address a rapidly developing situation in an environment of political uncertainty.
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After the early 1970’s budgets from Anthony Barber, ‘Barber boom’ acquired textbook status of how not to engage in fiscal largesse. Yet have we done it all over again?
Dramatic reforms to financial services regulation are a cornerstone of the government’s strategy to meet its 2.5% growth target.
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This week’s somewhat surprise announcement from the Office for National Statistics shows headline inflation at 9.9% in August, down slightly from 10.1% in July.
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The Conservative Party, sometimes said to be one of the world’s most effective election-winning machines – a reputation that may be tested at the next general election in 2024 – is also quite good at reinventing itself.
In this article, we take a deep dive into the ‘fair value’ outcome of the Consumer Duty, including a look at how firms might evaluate and evidence this outcome, and the skills and resources needed to do so.