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IPTF launches financial education initiative for young people
1+ hour, 4+ min ago (406+ words) The Income Protection Task Force has launched Financial Foundations, a volunteer-led financial education initiative aimed at 16 to 25 year-olds in educational institutions across the UK. The initiative has three objectives, including starting a conversation with young people about what it means…...
House prices record first annual fall since 2023
7+ hour, 51+ min ago (38+ words) FT Adviser House prices fell across all measurable metrics in August to an average of £298,468, data from Lloyds has revealed. Read the full story with a free account...
Four in five investors find advisers prevent knee-jerk reactions
5+ day, 8+ hour ago (49+ words) FT Adviser More than four in five (81 per cent) advised investors said their adviser makes them less likely to make knee-jerk reactions during volatile markets, research from M&G has found. Read the full story with a free account...
Advisers positive over new bond issues despite strong headwinds
2+ week, 6+ day ago (372+ words) Financial advisers and wealth managers have said that while there are clear and persistent risks, they are hopeful new bond issuance will help returns. In a poll carried out by Censuswide among 100 financial professionals, on behalf of Nedgroup Investments, wealth…...
Advisers may be asking the wrong questions in retirement planning
3+ week, 1+ hour ago (45+ words) FT Adviser Advisers may be asking the wrong question of their clients when it comes to retirement planning, Rowley Turton chartered financial planner, Scott Gallacher, has suggested. Read the full story with a free account...
UK economic growth slows in second quarter of 2026
3+ week, 4+ day ago (223+ words) The UK economy grew by 0.4 per cent in the three months to June, the latest figures from the Office for National Statistics show. Growth was underpinned by the services sector, which grew by 0.5 per cent, and construction, which saw 0.4 per…...
Commodities have outperformed tech stocks since 2020-but what role should they have in portfolios?
3+ week, 5+ day ago (537+ words) Audio generated using AI technology Allocators attitudes to commodities are an enigma. Broad commodity indices have risen around 200 per cent over the period, comfortably ahead of the Nasdaq’s 145 per cent gain, but the typical allocation remains in the single-digit territory....
59% of mortgage brokers expect BoE to raise base rate this year
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (70+ words) ftadviser.com 59% of mortgage brokers expect BoE to raise base rate this year follow us on social Nearly six in 10 (59 per cent) Primis brokers expect the Bank of England to raise its base rate during the second half of the…...
Why advisers should recruit from the armed forces – and how to do it
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (739+ words) The wealth management sector has been facing a growing talent challenge for some time now. Adviser numbers have been in steady decline since the Retail Distribution Review. The average adviser is now in their mid-fifties, and the rising cost and…...
UK politics ‘of little interest’ to bond markets as Middle East tensions continue
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (350+ words) Gilt yields in the UK rose to above 5 per cent this week after Andy Burnham stepped into the role of prime minister. Despite this rise, experts say bond markets have remained calm during the transition and global markets are more…...