RiverPeak Wealth adds former Co-Head of Charles Stanley Fund Research to its team.
Shauna Bevan is joining RiverPeak Wealth, as Head of Investment Advisory and a senior member of its Investment Committee.
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Two minutes with…Jansev Jemal, Public and Regulatory Affairs Consultant, MRM
Party conference season is over for another year (with the exception of the SNP annual conference which follows later). With MRM having attended both main party conferences, and monitored events at others, what’s the current state of play in British politics at the moment? Our Public Affairs Consultant Jansev Jemal reports back.
Theresa May, the Tory Party and the Centre Ground: a Case of the Emperor’s New Clothes?
This time last year, I was writing about Cameron’s clever attempt to move the Conservative Party into the centre ground of politics, left wide open by Labour’s shift to the left. Yet, somehow, the policies brought forward by Cameron and Osborne never really lived up to the promise. Prioritising the elimination of the deficit, harsh Tory cuts particularly from the welfare budget and local government – were seen to hit those most in need. Not only did they fail to eliminate the deficit, but people did not feel that ‘we’re in this together’. Twelve months on, the Tories have a new leader, and Britain its second female Prime Minister. How would she position the party? Was it to be continuity or a departure from the Cameron and Osborne era?
Labour’s Future: Uncertainty Under Corbyn’s Continued Leadership
As another conference season draws to a close for the Labour Party, many questions remain about its future. Saturday saw the re-election of leader Jeremy Corbyn, with a marginally larger mandate than the first time around. But the result showed just how divided the party is.
Bravura Solutions boosts its wealth management and fund administration propositions with Findlater appointment
Bravura Solutions has strengthened its UK team with the hire of Freddie Findlater as Marketing Manager for EMEA.
All change: could a move towards mutual models steady our course?
Discontent with the current status quo across the political and economic environments has been rising for some time and nowhere was it more evident than in the result of the EU referendum. The vote to leave was very telling about the divisions that exist in British society; divisions that are underpinned by a blending of the political, social and economic.
2 mins with… Katharine Photiou, Head of Workplace Savings – Product & Proposition, Legal and General Investment Management
In this 2 minutes with segment, we grill Katharine Photiou, Head of Workplace Savings, Product and Proposition at Legal and General Investment Management and a panellist at the recent MRM event on the role of the workplace in closing the savings gap.
One week of markets in one minute: Central bank jitters, nukes, and sliding shares
A series of key meetings for central banks this week – including the monthly update from the European Central Bank – combined with weak economic data, panic over North Korea’s nuclear test, and struggling commodity stocks to push markets into the red for the week.
Closing the savings gap: a big ask for any industry
It is widely believed that there is a savings gap in the UK, with respected firms voicing concerns that the general population faces hardship in retirement by failing to make adequate savings provision.
To explore this issue, MRM gathered together a group of key experts from across the industry, who considered the role of the workplace in improving this state of affairs together with the industry’s ability to meet this growing crisis.
ECB reactions
It is not surprising that the ECB did not cut rates further due to the unclear risk/ reward of having more negative rates. However, the ECB has tasked committees to evaluate stimulus options, which is laying the groundwork for a December policy move if necessary.
WisdomTree appoints Morgan Lee as Head of European Distribution
WisdomTree, the exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) and exchange-traded product (“ETP”) sponsor, has named Morgan Lee as its Head of Distribution for WisdomTree’s European operations.
One week of markets in one minute: FTSE climbs as US jobs miss curtails Fed rate rise talk
Markets surged on Friday after poor US jobs data dampened expectations that the US Federal Reserve will raise rates in the near term, with the FTSE 100 reaching a two-week high after climbing more than 2%.