Susannah Streeter, head of money and markets, Hargreaves Lansdown: ‘’The FTSE 100 has eked out a positive open but is set to tread water at the start of a week…
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Hal Cook, senior investment analyst, Hargreaves Lansdown: “A Stocks and Shares ISA is one of the best ways to help grow your wealth over the long term. ISAs offer a way to…
AI in finance 2024 Tuesday 19 March, Seminar This event is OMFIF’s inaugural seminar on artificial intelligence policy and governance in finance. Taking place in partnership with the University of…
Digital assets need interoperability to achieve global scale By Jonathan Ehrenfeld The discussion around tokenised assets and their use cases has surged in the past year. A recent study from…
Inflation figures for February will be released on 20 March, and the MPC will reveal its rate decision on 21 March Susannah Streeter, head of money and markets, Hargreaves Lansdown:…
It’s time for Europe to toughen up and support seizing Russian assets By Mark Sobel The US and Europe disagree over whether $300bn of blocked Russian central bank assets should…
Steve Clayton, head of equity funds, Hargreaves Lansdown: “Wall Street raced forward last night, with both the S&P 500 and NASDAQ indices rising strongly after Fed Chairman Jay Powell, in…
Why Russia still can’t defeat Ukraine By Christopher Smart Ukraine is well on its way to joining the rest of Europe economically and politically. For all Moscow’s recent battlefield success and…
Artificial intelligence as financial regulation technology Tuesday 5 March, Roundtable Much has been written about capacity of artificial intelligence to help actors subvert global financial rules. This panel brings together…
The West needs to reinvest in the global order By Mark Sobel The world order seems to be fraying before our eyes. Russia’s war against Ukraine, US-China tensions, America’s shameful…
Market Report – FTSE could ride wave of US and European optimism as record highs are breached
Sophie Lund-Yates, lead equity analyst, Hargreaves Lansdown: “The big question of the day is whether the UK market will follow in the footsteps of the US, which has seen an…
Matt Britzman, equity analyst, Hargreaves Lansdown: “Standard Chartered’s fourth quarter results benefited from lower impairments like many of its peers. Profit before tax beat expectations largely due to a release…
Susannah Streeter, head of money and markets, Hargreaves Lansdown: ‘’The hunt for clues about when central bankers will vote to cut interest rates is intensifying, with the minutes of the…
Market report: China’s worries weigh despite stimulus, but Holiday Inn owner sees revenues soar
Market report: China’s worries weigh despite stimulus, but Holiday Inn owner sees revenues soar Susannah Streeter, head of money and markets, Hargreaves Lansdown: ‘’The fragility of China’s economy is weighing…
Bank of England’s digital pound faces up to lack of trust in public institutions, and more
Bank of England’s digital pound faces up to lack of trust in public institutions By Lewis McLellan The public’s trust in institutions plumbs new lows each year. Conspiracy theories that…
Sophie Lund-Yates, lead equity analyst, Hargreaves Lansdown: “The FTSE 100 seems nonplussed about news the UK economy dipped into recession in the second half of last year. Inflated borrowing costs…
Susannah Streeter, head of money and markets, Hargreaves Lansdown: ‘’The FTSE 100 has shrugged off Britain’s recession woes with fresh optimism from Wall Street rippling through markets. Investors are looking…
The ONS has released inflation figures for January: Consumer price inflation, UK – Office for National Statistics Sarah Coles, head of personal finance, Hargreaves Lansdown: “Like a tall man in a…
HIGHLIGHTS February 12 2024 Global Markets Government bonds remained under pressure ahead of Tuesday’s US CPI data for January, with yields hovering not far from last week’s fresh highs.…
Susannah Streeter, head of money and markets, Hargreaves Lansdown: ‘’The FTSE 100 looks set to ease into positive territory at the start of the week, but there’s a bit of…
Indonesia election uncertainty clouds fiscal outlook By Johanna Chua On 14 February, Indonesia will hold general elections and voters will head to the polls to elect the next president, vice…
Sophie Lund-Yates, lead equity analyst, Hargreaves Lansdown: “The FTSE100 hasn’t budged enough to take the market into the green for the week, with relatively limited corporate news around to move…
Susannah Streeter, head of money and markets, Hargreaves Lansdown ‘The priorities of BP’s new CEO Murray Auchincloss have been made clear. Although on appointment he pledged that BP’s strategy to…
Susannah Streeter, head of money and markets, Hargreaves Lansdown ‘’The FTSE 100 has climbed at the start of the week with consumer discretionary and real estate companies boosted by hopes…
CBDC success depends on public and private sector collaboration By Katerina Liu Almost 70% of central bank respondents to OMFIF’s 2023 Future of payments survey expect to issue a central…