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Hackford: Top 10 fund hosts control 62% of UK appointed reps
A new report by London-based intelligence platform Hackford reveals the concentrated and competitive structure of the UK fund-hosting market, with the 10…
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Industrial rewiring and investment opportunity in emerging markets
Emerging markets are being reshaped by industrial policy, energy transition spending and supply chain shifts. In this exclusive analysis for WealthDFM, Liz…
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Why index composition matters forconvertible bond investors
Market performance in 2025 shone a light on a key feature of the convertible bond space that is often misunderstood: indices. Nicolas…
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Aberdeen marks strong first year for Future ETFs
The abrdn Future Supply Chains UCITS ETF and abrdn Future Raw Materials UCITS ETF have marked their one-year track record with both…
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Markets shrug off worries as AI backed to lead the way
Tom Stevenson, Investment Director at Fidelity International, comments as share prices continue to climb the wall of worry; despite no clear progress…
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Thornburg IM: Little margin for error in todayโs credit market
Early this year, US corporate credit spreads narrowed to historically tight levels, as investment grade spreads declined to their tightest level since…
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Peace hopes and AI profits drive risk appetite
Markets are being propelled by strong AI-driven earnings and optimism around geopolitical stability, even as inflation and rate uncertainty linger. In this…
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Jittery start to the week with oil, housing, and earnings in focus
With FTSE set for soft open as US futures push higher, Matt Britzman, senior equity analyst, Hargreaves Lansdown has shared his market…
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Return to pre-war oil prices unlikely
Oil prices are unlikely to return to pre-war levels in the short to medium term at least, a shift that could keep…
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Wealth Club: FTSE slips after fresh Iran skirmishes but Wall Street set to power higher
Susannah Streeter, Chief Investment Strategist, Wealth Club, shares a weekly Monday market report. The FTSE 100 has slipped back in a sigh…
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Five things to consider before filing P60 away
With this year’s P60 deadline now behind us (31st May), Claire Trott, Head of Advice at St. James’s Place outlines key things…
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Wall street at fresh highs amid deal or no deal uncertainty
FTSE 100 flat as US/Iran tensions de-escalate again. Derren Nathan, head of equity research at Hargreaves Lansdown, shares a market report. Theย FTSE…
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Growth momentum more resilient than expected
Nicolas Jullien, Global Head of Fixed Income at Candriam, assesses global markets, with growth momentum showing more resiliency than perhaps expected. Global…
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How the US Iran peace deal progress impacts investors
Markets are ending the week with cautious optimism as the US and Iran make progress towards a peace deal.ย While the Strait…
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Energy resilience: global investment outlook
Ben Leyland, Senior Fund Manager of the J O Hambro Global Opportunities fund, addresses energy resilience as a long-term investment theme in…
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Fedโs preferred inflation gauge jumps again, raising pressure on Warsh
The Federal Reserve is back under โinflation siegeโ as its preferred price gauge surges to the highest level in nearly a year,…
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Why fixed income positioning matters more than ever
Not all parts of the fixed income universe are created equal in the current environment, and the dispersion of outcomes between sectors,…
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Bond market analysis sizes up World Cup contenders
Rathbones Asset Management has applied a fixed income lens to the 2026 FIFA World Cup, analysing sovereign bond yields across qualifying nations…
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Suitability gap leaves investors too cautious
Investors risk missing out on long-term growth when suitability is reduced to Attitude to Risk. Oxford Risk publishes new research revealing that…
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How investors can think differently and actually be contrarian
Ask equity investors about their mega-cap concentration today and most will acknowledge it. What they tend to be less certain about is…
















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