Ferdinand Lovett, senior associate, Sackers, says: “Building on exceptions that were introduced back in 2015 to employer automatic enrolment duty, the DWP’s latest consultation looks to help more groups of people for whom automatic enrolment can be little more than an administrative headache. “Among these are “genuine partners” in a Limited Liability Partnership, the vehicle […]
Emerging market bonds have been living a different story to core government bonds, reflecting economic and/or political stress Assets are starting to behave in a more rational way QE is becoming ever less effective at driving financial assets and its impact on the real economy is unclear The Fed’s hawkish outlook is likely to soften […]
Peter Toogood, Investment Director, City Financial, comments: “As growth and inflation expectations have continued to fall, US 10 year treasury yields have marched lower. Investors have craved any and all stocks that could grow in this slow growth world. They have firmly rejected value stocks, which fall almost exclusively into the real economy bucket, namely: […]
Sackers has recruited Alasdair Blackshaw as an associate, taking the firm’s total number of lawyers to 51. Alasdair joins Sackers from Pinsent Masons where he undertook his training contract and qualified in 2015. He joins the Pensions & Investment Litigation team, consistently ranked in the top tier by both Chambers UK and the Legal 500 […]
Matt Phillips, Managing Director, Thomas Miller Investment says: “The Government risks undoing its good work to date achieved through pension freedoms by making pensions less attractive. “They are handling pensions incorrectly and not addressing the real issues. While a much needed simpler and transparent system is required, the Government has not dealt with the issues […]
Private investors and financial advisers have polarised opinions on how to use the 25% tax free lump when they are aged 55, according to a research study on reactions to the new pensions ‘freedom’ legislation carried out on behalf of Four Broadgate. The majority of advisers recommend paying off a mortgage (68%) or another debt […]
Comment from Matthias Wildhaber, portfolio manager of the JB Multibond ABS Fund. Yesterday’s announcement from the ECB on its ABS purchasing programme will not only help provide funding to the real economy, but also prove a continued boost to the attractiveness of European ABS to investors. The ECB’s initial confirmation of its purchase programme last […]
Commenting on the second anniversary of the introduction of the auto-enrolment legislation Fuat Sami, partner at Sackers, says: “We have seen employers take two rather different approaches to auto-enrolment in the last two years. While there are many employers for whom, understandably, the main priority has been to comply with the law, some employers have viewed […]
Harrington Cooper, the fund distribution company, today announces the launch of a new super-institutional share class for the Indus Select Asia Pacific Fund. The discounted share class offers a reduced annual management fee of 0.85% and is available for investments of over USD 5 million or the equivalent GBP sum. The Indus Select Asia Pacific […]
Hargreave Hale has announced the appointment of Ben McKeown to its investment management team, based at the firm’s London office. Ben joins from Killik & Co, where he was employed as a private client manager responsible for HNW clients, charities and trusts. His appointment follows the recent recruitment of four investment managers at the company’s […]
