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Fidelity Adviser Solutions: Labours no choice tax-raising Budget
Last week, Rachel Reeves outlined her plans to raise revenue and fund public spending - but how might the new measures affect your clients' finances? Fidelity's Tom Stevenson shares his take on the key themes and their potential impact on your clients' finances.
PIMCO: UK Market Outlook: From the BoE to the BudgetWhat Investors Need to Know
The UK is at an inflection point. In this episode, Rupert Harrison CBESenior Adviser at PIMCO and former Chief Economic Adviser to the UK governmentand Dr. Peder Beck-Friis, Economist at PIMCO, share actionable insights on navigating the UKs evolving investment landscape.
Upfront: small caps, bubbles and tech giants
Baillie Giffords Investment specialist Bill Chater outlines Global Discoverys search for the worlds best small caps, while intermediary client manager Megan Rooney gives her take on AI bubble headlines.
Webinar: Evidence in Action - Classic Insights, Modern Markets
Markets are more unpredictable than ever - but the right perspective can turn uncertainty into opportunity.
T.Rowe Price: Bonds for every market
The oceans are unpredictable, just like bond markets. Nobody can claim to know what difficulties lie ahead, especially on a long voyage. It takes preparation and experience to see you through to your final goal.
Wesleyan: November monthly investment update - Reflections on September and October 2025
In our last update, we mentioned that September is historically known as one of the more challenging months on the stock market calendar. However, this year, it did buck the trend. Global equities continued their steady progression during the month, and throughout October, reaching further new highs from those already seen in July and August. Those of our funds that are more invested in equities have benefitted from these gains, and produced healthy gross returns during this period.
Rathbones Asset Management - The Sharpe End podcast: The Uncredibles
The multi-asset team kicks things off this month with the UK Budget and what they would like to see emerge but probably wont get from the Chancellor's briefcase. Next, it's on to the US, where fund manager Will McIntosh-Whyte has just returned from. The team hear about his week of on-the-ground research and meeting with companies on the east coast. Finally, they discuss a new holding: Booking Holdings, a global online travel agency.
M&G wealth: Silence to strategy: The power of advice for family finances
Money is personal. Its emotional. And for many families its hard to talk about. Financial advisers have a unique opportunity, and responsibility, to help families open up, plan ahead, and build financial confidence across generations.
Aberdeen: UK real estate market outlook Q4 2025
Robust rental increases and a shrinking construction pipeline are supporting UK income growth. Read more about our UK real estate outlook.
BNY: Global Equity Income: over and underweights
Jon Bell, global income portfolio manager at BNY Investments Newton, discusses the largest over and underweight positions in the BNY Mellon Global Income portfolio.
AXA IM: Market Outlook - Global equities: The great divide
US equity market returns are likely to continue diverging along the lines of technology and the rest of the market: the Nasdaq 100 index delivered a 50% return from the post-Liberation Day lows to the end of October while the Russell 1000 Value index rose by less than half that.
AXA IM: Sustainable investing in 2026: The continuing path to a more resilient future
Recent years have seen investors operate in an environment shaped by conflicts, inflationary pressures, extreme weather events, and growing digital disruption.
Artemis: Do income investors need anything apart from bonds and equities?
Many great thinkers through the ages have prized the concept of simplicity. Then why, I wonder, do so many investment professionals try to make things so complicated?
PIMCO: Income Strategy Update: Focused on Optimizing Income Amid an Evolving Rate Market
We see compelling opportunities for fixed income investments amid economic uncertainty and optimistic equity valuations.
Schroders: What's next for US equities?
The US economy and equity markets show continued signs of strength, even amid concerns about tariffs and Fed policy. As always, investors may benefit most from focusing on company fundamentals and not trying to gauge the impact of short-term trends.
Recalculating Route: At the Table with BNY
BNY's commitment to insight and perspectives comes to life through our investment and market leaders who gather quarterly to debate the key issues shaping markets today.
M&G wealth: From lost pots to smart advice: Navigating the upcoming pensions dashboard
According to the Pensions Policy Institute its estimated that around £31.1 billion is sitting in lost or unclaimed pension pots across the UK. This figure highlights how fragmented the pensions landscape has become and why the governments Pensions Dashboard Program is being seen as a long-overdue step toward greater transparency and engagement.
Aberdeen: Rolling forward: the case for rail investment in a low-carbon economy
Rail investment is gaining momentum as transport decarbonisation stalls.
M&G Investments: Frances fiscal reckoning: navigating opportunity amid political chaos
France, long regarded as an economic pillar of Europe, has found itself embroiled in political and financial turmoil in recent years. With elevated government bond yields and deteriorating credit ratings, investors and policymakers alike are grappling with the implications. How can bond investors navigate this volatility?
AXA IM: Market Outlook - Fixed income: Monetary policy should bolster markets
Fixed income markets should benefit from continued central bank easing in 2026. We expect lower interest rates in the US as policymakers respond to weaker labour market trends, and lower rates in Europe because of further declines in inflation.
Artemis: The one thing everyone's getting wrong about corporate bonds
A pressing debate for investors and asset allocators is whether corporate bond spreads are too tight. If yields are almost as high for a theoretically much safer government bond, shouldnt they just buy gilts instead?
Pictet: A new era for emerging market bonds
Returns from emerging market bonds hinge on five factors, our economic research suggests. And for the first time in two decades, four of these are now favourable, heralding a new phase of outperformance for the asset class.
AXA IM: Macroeconomic outlook: Surprisingly resilient
The global economy has proved surprisingly resilient in 2025. In the immediate aftermath of Liberation Day, the IMF forecast that the global economy would grow by 2.8% in 2025. It now expects global growth of 3.2% this year.1
M&G Investments: Indias energy transition: Ambition meets execution
India is executing one of the worlds most ambitious energy transitions as it seeks to reach net zero by 2070. However, Deepika Mundra, Senior Analyst in the Asia Pacific Equities team, suggests that the real story may not lie in the gigawatts added, but in the capital goods ecosystem gaining scale across the grid, solar, and storage value chains.
Aberdeen: Infrastructure: Transport as mainstay and as megatrend
Transport infrastructure is evolving in a world shaped by urbanisation, decarbonisation and digitalisation. Why should investors see transport as a mainstayand a megatrendfor 2026 and beyond?
BNY: Short-dated credit: yield and low volatility?
Is there a way of accessing the attractive yield of global investment grade credit with lower volatility? This is a question that Insight Investment increasingly hears from risk-constrained investors as cash rates fall.
PIMCO: Macro: 6 themes that will reshape investing in a new global order
Group CIO Dan Ivascyn shares why todays environment offers compelling opportunities for bond investors. From attractive high-quality yields to the potential benefits of locking in rates as cash returns decline, learn why fixed income strategies deserve a closer look now.
Aberdeen: Macro: 6 themes that will reshape investing in a new global order
Geopolitical tensions, economic fragmentation and shifting asset class correlations are redefining the investment landscape. Understanding these forces is essential for investors seeking resilience and opportunity.
PIMCO: The Economics of AI Scale
Macro Signposts highlights takeaways from the data analysis conducted by our team of economists and other experts.
Schroders Equity Lens November 2025: your go-to guide to global equity markets
What does big techs capex splurge mean for valuations?
M&G Wealth: Embedding vulnerability into financial advice: A regulatory and human imperative
In todays financial landscape, the fair treatment of clients in vulnerable circumstances is no longer a regulatory footnote. Its a central pillar of ethical and effective advice.
M&G Investments: Digitalisation for the masses How technology is transforming emerging market economies
Physical infrastructure has long been seen as the cornerstone of emerging markets (EM) development. However, digitalisation of a vast, informal economy is emerging as a powerful engine.
Aberdeen: EM equities: driving innovation and diversification for the next cycle
Emerging markets could drive global growth in the years ahead. We explore how investors can rethink equity portfolio strategy in a changing world.
Schroders: Unconstrained fixed income views: November 2025
The absence of official US economic data has been clouding the view of the economy, with the limited published data generating mixed signals. Now the US government shutdown is over, we expect this economic fog to gradually lift.
PIMCO: Starting Valuations Fuel 2025 Bond Performance, 2026 Potential
Group CIO Dan Ivascyn shares how active management and global diversification continue driving strong bond returns amid credit risks and stretched equity valuations.
BNY: Why were overweight healthcare
In this video, BNY Investments Newton global income portfolio manager, Jon Bell discusses some of the reasons for overweighting healthcare despite the sectors recent challenges.
Schroders: 2025 UK Adviser Survey: adapting to new realities
The Schroders UK Financial Adviser Annual Survey offers a unique snapshot of how advisers across the country are responding to the shifting investment landscape.
Artemis: Why it's not just golf where Europe has the edge over the US
Europe narrowly defeated the US in the Ryder Cup in September, picking up the trophy despite a spirited final-day comeback from the Americans. But golf isnt the only area where Europe has the edge over the US we think it is a better bet for active high-yield bond investors, too.
BNY Mellon Global Credit Fund Q3 2025 update
Watch a quarterly Fund update with April LaRusse: Head of Fixed Income Specialists at Insight Investment.
Aberdeen: Rolling forward: the case for rail investment in a low-carbon economy
Rail investment is gaining momentum as transport decarbonisation stalls.