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Willis Owen reveals the best and worst sectors and funds in July 2020
Gold and Precious metal funds make up 8 out 10 top performing funds Japanese equities was the worst performing sector…
COVID-19 FORCES 1 IN 3 SMALL BUSINESSES TO SHUT DOWN
17% OF ALL FIRMS DON’T KNOW WHEN THEY’LL BE ABLE TO RE-OPEN THEIR DOORS RETAIL AND HOSPITALITY WORST HIT; NEARLY 1 IN 4 FIRMS UNSURE WHEN THEY’LL…
Forward Look: hindsight, silly season and Sunak’s holiday
Hindsight is 2020 as storm clouds brew over August
It is not atypical for markets (and current events) to have a funny August, and with coronavirus second wave fears abounding this is unlikely to change in 2020.…
By Edmund Greaves
Is it too late to invest in gold?
Gold has been one of the best performing asset classes year-to-date, acting as it so often has in the past by presenting investors with a safe haven trade…
Silly season kicks off as Sunak considers who should foot the coronavirus bill
SCOTTISH FRIENDLY HIRES NEW HEAD OF HR
Scottish Friendly, one of the UK’s largest financial mutuals, has appointed Pamela Simmons as Head of Human Resources. Pamela is a Fellow of the CIPD with over 25 years’…
Five factors investors must take heed of in the second half
2020 has been an unprecedented year. At the start of the year, no one would have predicted that a global lockdown would…
Will financial services join in with the Facebook advertising boycott?
Scottish Friendly hails investing boom among those in their 20s and 30s
Official figures show huge growth in the number of people in their 20s and 30s subscribing to a stocks and shares…
Why are so many brands bad at social media? Because they’re not authentic
Social media platforms are rightly held to account for toxic content now, but major firms still don’t…
By Paul Beadle
