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Sterling jumps 0.8%

Difficult start to year

The FCA's latest review is on so-called Retirement Outcomes, which is designed to see how the retirement income market is developing on the back of pension freedoms.

Now the immediate fallout from the Brexit vote is behind us, the investment industry is beginning to think about the longer-term impact of the UK's decision to leave the EU.

To ERGO Italia

So much for the old adage that investors should 'sell in May and go away'. Markets seem to be in an almost euphoric mood, having survived a near brush with death over Brexit.

The casual observer will have noted a pick-up in the already elevated level of 'noise' in the City pages. Cyclical or value companies, including builders for example, are sensitive to levels of economic activity in the economy which, post-Brexit, is harder...

Industry reaction following rate cut

Guy Wilkes, financial services regulatory and enforcement partner at global law firm Mayer Brown, explores the notion of conduct risk and if concentrated funds face different challenges from those of more diverse funds.