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Will ethical investing ever catch on with the young?

19 October 2015

Ethical investing will be a focus for many in the industry this week as Good Money Week kicks off. Investors are becoming increasingly aware of not just the returns on their investments, but also on where they are investing and how their choices might impact on society at large. As the ‘conscientious generation’, we’d expect investing ethically to be high on the wish-list for many young people in particular. But how much of a priority is it for the younger generation and how are widespread problems with access to information and lack of engagement hindering it in the long term?

By Sophie Robson

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Is it a crisis? Use our handy diagnosis infographic to check

12 October 2015

Has the sky fallen in? Check out our best practice guide to dealing with a crisis.

By Lucy Watson

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Five things you’d better bloody remember (when building your financial services brand online)

6 October 2015

At MRM, we have five rules to get your brand building right on social and digital and most of the activity I’ve been looking at fits these rules well. So without further ado…

By Michael Taggart

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Cameron’s big tent overshadowed by stormy skies

5 October 2015

It must have seemed like a good idea. Take the kinder Labour politics to the Tories in Manchester. Show how they are a narrow faction that doesn’t represent the country. But the best laid political plans oft go awry…

By Havard Hughes

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Blood red moon reflects the rise of a blood red party

29 September 2015

As the sun set on the first day of conference under Corbyn’s Labour it was followed by a grave omen. …

By Havard Hughes

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Why brands should not be scared of Facebook’s Instant Articles expansion

25 September 2015

Up till now, interactive stories like that of The New York Times Snowfall have been out of reach for many publishers and brands, not just because of the usual research and writing time, but the tech it took to develop. It was always going to take a major player to make this kind of interactive story easier to produce and now Facebook’s newish feature Instant Articles, has done exactly that…for mobiles.

By Amy Rowe

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Are the Lib Dems about to rip up the parliamentary playbook?

24 September 2015

Bournemouth 2015 may have been shunned by many in the journalistic and lobbying world. But if they had bothered to turn up they would have found themselves at the best-attended Liberal Democrat conference in history courtesy of the party’s recent membership surge.

By Robin McGhee

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The social media excuses that make me go Psycho

21 September 2015

I want to get something off my chest – something that’s been grinding my gears for several months.
It’s the two excuses we’re still coming up against in the financial services sector to avoid social media marketing.

By Michael Taggart

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Thesis appoints James Nield as Chichester office head

14 September 2015

Thesis Asset Management plc, the investment manager focused on professional partnerships, is delighted to announce that James Nield has been appointed office director of its Chichester office.

By Ellis Ford

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Personalisation problems: when digital marketing breeds contempt

10 September 2015

The year is 2025. An office worker is interrupted mid-email to the sound of a light tapping. After first looking to her iPhone XII she realises the sound comes from the grime-covered window. (The window has not been opened for a while as there was no need to see outside thanks to the virtual reality wall the company put in five months ago).

By Amy Rowe

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Capital at risk? Why ad blocking trend means financial firms need to up their game

25 August 2015

Advertising financial products has never been easy, but it’s about to get a whole lot harder.
The growing trend of ad blocking, brought to you by easy-to-download free software, is to be further facilitated by Apple’s new mobile and computer operating systems, IoS 9 and OS X 10.11, both to be released in autumn this year.

By Amy Rowe

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How quickly we forget…opinion polls and the Labour leadership election

14 August 2015

YouGov has released a poll about the Labour leadership election which suggests that Jeremy Corbyn could win on the first round with 53% of the vote. There have been reports of halls packed out with people who have turned up to hear Corbyn speak and not having been able to get in and shouts of ‘Jez we can’. So it’s a done deal then?

By Jansev Jemal