From Burger King’s new meat-free Whopper, to McDonanld’s disgraced CEO, and KFC opening its first ever drive-thru-only restaurant in Australia (with no fewer than five driving lanes), fast food has been in the news a lot of late. First popularised in...
With Brexit still undecided, a Christmas election here in the UK and President...
Invesco has announced that Nick Mustoe is stepping down from his role of CIO and...
If Christmas shopping and office parties weren’t already enough to think about,...
Dividend growth from UK companies has been strong over the past decade and, at the moment, the UK stock market yields around 4.5% – almost 50% more than the MSCI World index. That makes it very attractive for income-seeking investors, but is...
While home-owners in the UK naturally focus on the Bank of England’s interest rate decisions,...
The UK has traditionally been a hotbed for dividend paying companies’ and UK equity income funds,...
After a decade of low interest rates and the Bank of England showing no signs of increasing them...
It’s the St Leger this Saturday – the oldest of Britain’s five horse-racing Classics, and the last of the five to be run each year. It marks the end of the summer sporting social calendar, and what a summer it has been! From Cricket...
New research from the Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has ranked Elite Rated Jupiter...
While we may have started 2019 optimistically – hoping Brexit would finally be resolved...
Believe it or not, it’s been almost three years since the British people voted to leave the...
While interest rates on cash have remained stubbornly low since emergency rates were introduced in the global financial crisis, company dividends around the world have almost doubled in the past decade, according to Janus Henderson. In its latest...
Global equities have had a resurgence in popularity in recent months. According to the Investment...
Digital transformation is all around us: from the seemingly mundane (finally being able to book a...
Last year was not a good one for Far Eastern equities. As trade-wars escalated between the US and...
As I walked down Portobello Market recently I was immediately drawn to a couple selling candles. Did I need another candle? No. And I certainly didn’t need one costing £18 when I could just as easily find something similar costing less than a tenner...
It’s almost three years since the UK’s decision to leave the European Union plunged the UK...
February 2009 was a scary time for investors. In the aftermath of the global financial crisis, the...
On Monday 15th September 2008, I remember walking into the office, not knowing quite what to expect....
With government bond yields in the developed world remaining historically low for the foreseeable future, the search to find alternative sources of income is unlikely to slow down any time soon. One of those potential sources is emerging market...
Negative headlines have dominated the sphere of emerging markets in 2019, with the region facing...
Earlier this month, the International Monetary Fund cut its estimate for India’s growth this year...
According to a recent survey commissioned by Franklin Templeton Investments, UK investors are more...
On 1 November 2019, Mario Draghi will step down as President of the European Central Bank (ECB) and hand the reigns to the first woman to take on the role: former French economy, finance and industry minister and Chairman of the IMF, Christine...
2019 has been an interesting year so far. Global stock markets started January in the doldrums, only...
Good news football fans: the wait is almost over. The new Premier League campaign kicks off tonight....
While Brexit party MEPs chose to turn their backs on the EU national anthem, and Lib Dem MEPs...
How we shop has changed markedly over the past few years. I can remember trips to the high street with my girl friends being all-day, sociable affairs. These days, idly browsing in the shop is a rare treat as I’ve either got an unwilling...
After a surge in redemptions following the Brexit vote, many property funds were forced to suspend...
A number of fund management companies have suspended trading on their physical property funds....
Perhaps reflecting uncertainty in the asset class in the lead up to and following the UK’s...
From Burger King’s new meat-free Whopper, to McDonanld’s disgraced CEO, and KFC opening its first ever drive-thru-only restaurant in Australia (with no fewer than five driving lanes), fast food has been in the news a lot of late. First popularised in...
With Brexit still undecided, a Christmas election here in the UK and President Trump’s impeachment...
“Modern airports are essentially shopping malls with a landing strip, with the added feature that...
This Sunday marks the official end of Daylight Saving Time and British Summertime. The good news is...
Invesco has announced that Nick Mustoe is stepping down from his role of CIO and lead fund manager of Elite Rated Invesco Global Equity Income fund at the end of 2019. Stephanie Butcher will succeed Nick as CIO of the Henley Investment Centre and...
At the start of each year, we conduct an extensive piece of research to identify which fund...
Aberdeen Standard Investments (ASI) is a brand of the combined investment businesses of Aberdeen...
FundCalibre was launched at the end of July 2014, with 112 rated funds from 38 companies. Five years...
It’s no secret I favour responsible and sustainable investing. But with so much jargon and abbreviations it can be hard to understand exactly what’s what amongst all the different options: from ESG to SRI, CO2 to SDGs, the terminology can be a bit...
Liontrust Monthly Income Bond doesn’t have the word ‘sustainability’ in its title,...
5 October 2019 marks the start of ‘Good Money Week‘, an annual campaign designed to...
A lot of talk about sustainability revolves around the impact of carbon dioxide (CO2) levels. But a...
Over Easter, I unfortunately found myself a victim of fraud. Now, I like to think I’m computer savvy, as do most millennials; I don’t store any card details and all my “big” accounts have unique passwords. What I didn’t foresee is Uber creating a...
Last week, FundCalibre hosted its annual fund manager ‘speed-dating’ event. However,...
Spending two weeks without the internet over Christmas was both a blessing and a curse. A blessing...
Infrastructure is all around us; roads, railways, airports, water, gas, electricity, oil and gas...