The future of Sterling

The Long-term outlook If the outlook for sterling is largely to be determined by the direction of interest rates, and rates are to be largely determined by inflation rather than the economic outlook, then what is the outlook for UK inflation? Recent data around both grocery and energy prices in...
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UK Pension Tax on Death Benefits Proposed Change

On 18th July the UK government announced a consultation on pension taxation linked to the abolition of the Lifetime Allowance. It also considers other aspects of tax linked to pensions and proposes a significant change. Currently where pension member dies before age 75, benefits received by a benefi...
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What is the future for Sterling?

Despite the gloom that currently surrounds the UK’s economic outlook, the pound sterling has performed strongly, up around 23 per cent (as at July 14 2023) versus the US dollar since September 2022, and 5 per cent relative to the euro. Economic textbooks theorise that the principal determinan...
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Market update 20 February 2023

We ended last week with a slate of hawkish comments from central bankers – a reminder that they aren’t done tightening interest rates just yet and that market expectations for rate cuts later this year are probably much too soon, given the inflation outlook. From the ECB, Isabel Schnabel...
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Last news release for 2022

China’s Central Economic Work Conference took place last week and this is one of the most important events of the year in terms of giving the public an indication of future plans. Beijing promised to “forcefully revive market confidence” in contrast to last year’s “revive the confidence of...
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