Investment
D2C investment platform users rise to all-time high in Q1
Customer numbers rise an average 3.1% across all providers
Andrew Bailey: BoE readying further 'unprecedented' response to coronavirus crisis
Eyes further rate cuts
Neil Birrell: Negative interest rates have arrived in the UK
Base rate 0.1%
Royal London to sell Ascentric platform to M&G
£100m re-platforming
Schroders Personal Wealth hires Morningstar's Brunt to head manager research
Quilter's Jennifer Christian joins as investment specialist
Investors pull £325m from Premier Miton's multi-asset funds
Due to Covid-19
Advisers could be 'locking in losses' for their clients during pandemic, platform data suggests
'Questions value of advice'
Negative interest rate debate becomes 'very real' as UK inflation drops to 0.8%
Lowest CPI reading since August 2016
Lindsell Train launches first new fund in nearly a decade
North American Equity fund
Carey Pensions ruling could 'call past FOS decisions into question'
Contrasting outcomes
Julian Howard: Is this the end of fundamental analysis?
Markets seem to have been ignoring the fundamentals for some time, writes Julian Howard, but the gap between economic and market reality seems to have widened through the crisis, even as a deep depression looms large…
High Court throws out Burford Capital's case against London Stock Exchange
'Speculative' conclusions
Mark Barnett leaves Invesco amid UK equity team restructure
Follows 'comprehensive review'
Coronavirus could cost global economy $8.8trn
Report from the Asian Development Bank
Neil Birrell: A crisis in the life of a fund manager
'Not exciting'
HL to compensate customer after three-week portfolio transfer takes seven months
Invested in Woodford funds
The seven UK equity funds halving the FTSE's losses during the pandemic
The products bucking the trend
Fidelity CEO Richards calls for new retail vehicle to support UK rebound
Covid-19 fund suggested
John Betteridge: Why we should prepare for market volatility
There have been some surreal Covid-19 market reactions, including negative oil prices and gravity defying equity valuations, writes John Betteridge. As analysts adjust their earnings growth forecasts in line with pessimistic economic predictions, he says...
Baillie Gifford's Charles Plowden to retire after 37 years with firm
Departs in April 2021
Regulators launch 'the grid' to map out upcoming rule changes
Upcoming regulatory work
Investors invest record £2.6bn into equity funds in April
Calastone data
Industry Voice: The risk of riding too high
Canada Life Investments
FCA accelerates 'digital sandbox' pilot plans amid coronavirus
Encourage collaboration