Brexit two years on: ‘Crunch time’ for UK equities as uncertainty reigns
UK equities could face a ‘crunch’ moment as the Brexit deadline approaches but experts still regard the market as attractive…
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S&W’s Wells: Further slump in sterling could keep inflation above target for a protracted period
Thomas Wells, manager of the Smith & Williamson Global Inflation-Linked Bond Fund which was launched a year ago, looks at…
By Thomas Wells
World Cup winners and losers: The UK stocks to back and avoid ahead of England’s opening clash
If England has a good World Cup (reaching at least the quarter finals) we would expect the following stocks to…
By Mark Swain
Italian elections: Overblown concerns or more trouble to come for markets?
Italy has once again found itself in the spotlight for the wrong reasons recently, with the yield on its debt…
A summer of EU Withdrawal discontent
It continues to be a tortuous divorce from the EU, with a disgruntled Parliament breaking up for the Whitsun Recess…
By Melanie Worthy
MRM chooses BIRT as its charity of the year 2018
Estimates suggest that approximately 760,000 people in the UK are living with the long-term effects of a head injury. [1]…
By Phoebe Burrows
Customs union remains Brexit battleground
Parliament remains in battle on the vexed question of a customs union. Following the Lords’ vote to amend the Government’s…
By Melanie Worthy
WeWork and the Voodoo Economics of Silicon Valley
Almost every day in my email inbox arrive offering memoranda for new high yield bond issues. Mostly, these come from…
By Stephen Baines
Is Big Brother watching and telling you how to vote?
“Knowledge is power,” the saying goes. Following the revelations about the amount of personal information Facebook has collected on its…
MiFID II takes away US’ edge in ETFs
MiFID II, the package of comprehensive Europe-wide rules designed to strengthen protection for investors and improve transparency, was formerly enacted at…
By Hector McNeil
S&W’s Thomas Wells: Today’s data will raise questions as to why policymakers are so eager to raise rates
UK inflation has eased from the high levels seen in Q4, and we expect headline inflation to moderate further in…
By Thomas Wells
Trump’s tariffs: Is the worst over for markets?
Markets have been through another tough period in March following the war of words between US president Donald Trump and…