Financial advisers are missing out on the potential new business benefits of sponsorship according to a national survey compiled by financial services PR consultancy MRM.
This week, MRM’s Mark Gee is under the spotlight as he discusses MRM’s new report on outsourcing to DFMs.
Intervention by the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) to offset an expected downturn in the UK economy dominated markets this week, sending equities to their highest close for over a year.
The implementation of RDR and increased regulatory burden on advisers has led to a sharp rise in the number of firms considering outsourcing to DFMs. Nucleus, for example, conducted some research with around 200 of its users earlier in the year and found that almost half (47%) were looking to increase their use of DFMs in the next 12 months.
The Bank of England today sent fresh shockwaves through markets after announcing a cut in the base rate to 0.25% and a further £70bn of quantitative easing, £10bn of which will be specifically focused on corporate bonds for the first time.
Is anyone else Confused.com about Confused.com’s move to scrap Brian the Robot in favour of James Corden? Well, fear not, because this week’s episode examines the reasoning behind the decision as well as asking how brands should handle the death of their characters.
SEI announced today that it has strengthened its UK Private Banking executive management team with the appointment of Kevin Russell to the newly created role of Proposition Director.
Was the recent acquisition of Yahoo a smart move for Verizon and where will core Yahoo users go next? This week the Beer and Bytes team examine the sale of one of the world’s best known content providers. The team also meets one of the founding members of new savings app for millennials, Moneybox, which is due to launch any day now. Charlotte Oates, marketing and product manager, talks us through the tech behind the app and how Brexit might affect fintech in the UK.
A dip on Friday was not enough to dent the FTSE 250’s progress this week, while the FTSE 100 surged through…
Could millennials be the first generation ever to earn less than their predecessors? According to a new report by Laura Gardiner at the Resolution Foundation, that is a distinct possibility if current trends continue.
Investors snapped up sold-off shares during today’s trading session, with UK equity markets seeing gains across the board while the pound also steadied.
This week the team delve into the dark and recessive areas of the internet where fraudsters are stealing people’s identities…