Industry Voice
Industry Voice: The Impact of Living longer on Retirement Planning
Since the pension reforms of 2015, investors have a greater degree of flexibility and choice when accessing their savings. Significant though the reforms were, they have to be seen within the context of other changes affecting retirement, particularly...
Industry Voice: Relative vs absolute volatility
The Aviva Investors Multi-asset Funds (MAF) target equity risk rather than absolute volatility. Thomas Wells, Multi-asset Fund Manager, explains that while absolute volatility varies significantly over time, the inherent risk of investing in equities remains relatively constant.
Industry Voice: ISA Boost
Helen O'Hagan explores how clients could take advantage of generous limits available at tax year end within their ISA.
Industry Voice: Volatility targeting: a cautionary tale
The finance industry is fixated with using volatility as a measure of risk to the extent that the terms ‘volatility’ and ‘risk’ are used interchangeably. Yet there are many pitfalls associated with blindly following volatility, says Thomas Wells, Multi-asset Fund Manager at Aviva Investors.
Industry Voice: Tapered Annual Allowance
Mark Devlin is a member of Prudential's Technical team. He explores how Tapered Annual Allowance can be a tricky path to navigate in terms of planning.
Industry Voice: I'll think about my pension next year
Clare Moffat leads the pensions 'wing' of Prudential's Technical team. Clare looks at clients who want to make large contributions and how it's important that they are always scooping up Annual Allowance from the earliest years possible.
Industry Voice: The butterfly effect in global markets
Events in far-flung corners of the globe can reverberate through financial markets. Thomas Wells, Multi-asset Fund Manager at Aviva Investors, says their global approach allows them to identify potentially attractive asset classes from around the world and those they would prefer to avoid.
Industry Voice: MIFID ll - compliance, business strategy or both?
When you think about MiFID, what is your first response? Whilst we know we should treat such legislation changes as opportunities for positive change, the everyday pressures of running a business make it difficult to put into practice.
Industry Voice: Outlook 2018: Bill McQuaker
Deviating from Goldilocks stocks
Industry Voice: Financials time
Investors have largely avoided financials over the past 10 years, with the share prices of US and European banks having largely stood still relative to broader markets since 2007. But while banks won't return to their record valuations any time soon (and...
Industry Voice: S&P 500 - 2500, where next?
Another significant move in the S&P 500 marks a number of breakthroughs this year, with the index having made 34 record highs already. Whether this can continue, however, is uncertain, with the market increasingly driven by tech companies like Alphabet,...
Industry Voice: Sourcing income - Why it pays to go global
Why taking a global approach not only diversifies risk but also allows investors to access a far wider choice of yields.
Industry Voice: Why compromise?
There’s a time and a place for compromises, your proposition isn’t it.
Industry Voice: Enterprise Investment Schemes ("EIS")
A due diligence checklist
Industry Voice: How to help your clients reclaim their money from unbuilt Spanish properties
The repercussions from the 2008 Spanish property crash are still being felt by many people, but now there's reason to be much more optimistic.
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