News

Economics

UK economy 'inevitably' slows in October and may take years to recover to pre-pandemic levels

October GDP growth slows to 0.4%

10 December 2020 • 2 min read

VCTs/EIS

Octopus AIM VCTs issue £20m of new shares

Offer for Octopus AIM VCT 2 oversubscribed

10 December 2020 • 1 min read

ESG

State Street adds ESG screen to £21bn of AUM

UK domiciled equity and debt index funds

09 December 2020 • 1 min read

People moves

RSMR appoints James Senior as first head of marketing

Newly created role

09 December 2020 • 1 min read

Wealth Management

Covid wealth tax proposals 'unlikely' to progress under Tory government

Report outlined one-off 5% tax on wealth above £500k

09 December 2020 • 3 min read

Industry

Women in Investment Awards 2020: Our judges on inspirational winners and their D&I wishlist

Hopes for the industry for 2021 and beyond

09 December 2020 • 1 min read

ESG

Four in five companies plan to introduce ESG measures to incentive plans - survey

78% believe ESG 'key contributor' to financial performance

09 December 2020 • 2 min read

ESG

Amundi targets ESG companies in Germany with new DAX ESG ETF

Fund offered with a total expense ratio of 0.19%

09 December 2020 • 1 min read

ESG

M&G unveils three-strong sustainable multi-asset fund range

Cautious, Balanced and Growth products unveiled

09 December 2020 • 1 min read

Commodities

From 'speculative bubble' to 'strengthening brand': Waverton performs volte-face on Bitcoin

U-turn follows cryptocurrency market development

09 December 2020 • 2 min read