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Blockchain: Digitisation and the future of advice
You might have read or heard about it: ‘blockchain’ is the financial disruption buzzword of the moment.
Brexit squared
On Wednesday I was speaking at a conference in London explaining that – with political risk and uncertainty here to stay – active management was needed now more than ever. Right on cue, the Labour Party duly delivered its manifesto the next day.
Prices: a confidence index
Julian Chillingworth, Chief Investment Officer
Economists are a little jinxed right now. Whatever they say is likely to happen, the opposite has a funny way of showing up.
Taking the dumb out of smart
David Coombs, Head of multi-asset investments
Do you remember school days? To be fair, it’s been a while for me.
There was always somebody first with their hand up or the first with a ‘clever’ retort to the teacher. We used to call them smart alecs (or something similar). These were not compliments.
Falling from the ‘cliff of panic’
Like millions of others, I’ve been watching Broadchurch, anxiously waiting to see if Mark Lattimer has finally jumped off those iconic cliffs. Unlike millions of others, looking at that sheer drop in Dorset has begun to remind me of asset markets.
Normalisation
The 25-basis-point hike by the US Federal Reserve in March was almost a fait accompli after February’s nonfarm payrolls figure easily outpaced economists’ expectations.
The risks of not taking enough risk
A quick gamble on a flight out of Spain leads head of multi-asset investments David Coombs to ponder the paradox of taking risk off the table.
Will the machines really take over the world?
David Coombs, Head of multi-asset investments
Arriving at Heathrow T3 after a very chilled out conference in Vienna last week (-8°C), I soon found myself at the end of a mammoth, snaking queue at border control. Only six of the 15 automatic passport readers were operating and just one human was checking travel papers the old fashioned way.
Walls and means
Donald Trump certainly hit the ground running. In his first days as President he inked a flurry of executive orders, bypassing Congress to dismantle many of his predecessor’s policies.
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The investment impact of disruptive technologies
