For the majority, recycling and looking after our planet is something that is important to us – so something that should be considered equally as important is the standards of … Read More
Eerily Calm
Global equities were flat last week. Europe and the UK fared best with gains of around 0.5%, while emerging markets were dragged down by a 2% decline in China. Despite … Read More
Stress Awareness Month: How to mitigate financial stress
April is Stress Awareness Month – and many of us will know that financial stress and money worries is one of the major causes of stress in society today. With … Read More
The Easter Bunny Delivered
Last week was a positive one with global equities rising a bit over 1% led by Europe. Markets are now up some 6% from their early March low in local … Read More
As Good as Gold
Last week was a quiet one for equity markets with global equities broadly unchanged. The only major market to post a gain was the UK which benefited from its high … Read More
Shining a Light
Last week was a good one for equity markets with global equities up 3.4% in local currency terms and 2.5% in sterling terms. This left the comparable gains over the … Read More
Murky Waters
It was another quietish week for markets overall with global equities ending up around 1% or so. Meanwhile, government bond yields edged slightly lower following sharp declines the previous week. … Read More
Financial Advice: What’s really in it for me?
It is common that people we know, be it family, friends, teachers or colleagues, try to help (or even steer) our life journeys from childhood to retirement. But do they … Read More
In the Eye of the Storm
Look at the headline move in global equities last week and you would have no idea that the financial sector is facing its biggest test since the global financial crisis. … Read More
This Time is Different
Equity markets last week lost 3.6% in local currency terms and 4.4% in sterling terms, more than reversing their gain of 1.8% the previous week. A hawkish Fed and an … Read More