4+ hour, 36+ min ago  (552+ words) Over the past decade, market structures have fundamentally changed. Globalisation has reversed, governments are spending more than ever, and accelerating technological advances, including AI, are reshaping capital flows " making event-driven volatility more unpredictable than at any point in recent memory....

5+ hour, 3+ min ago  (1034+ words) Self-employed women face pension planning gap Nearly two-thirds (62%) of self-employed women have not calculated how maternity leave could affect their long-term retirement savings, according to research from PensionBee. Among those surveyed, 36% said they had not considered the impact on their…...

10+ hour, 28+ min ago  (600+ words) Recently, in need of some good news, I typed "Cold fusion " how far off?" into Google. The AI Overview informed me that cold fusion was "largely unproven", with the "mainstream scientific community" believing it to be "potentially decades away or…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago  (843+ words) At first glance, cosmology and financial advice appear to have very little in common. Yet that was the unexpected theme at a recent conference for advisers hosted by platform firm Fundment. The star attraction was physicist Professor Brian Cox, who…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago  (883+ words) Last week, my LinkedIn feed turned into a cartoon gallery. It felt as though every second person in my network had asked ChatGPT to create a caricature of them based on their profile. Stylised advisers, underwriters and CEOs appeared everywhere…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago  (535+ words) In the US, several publicly traded wealth managers recently saw sharp selloffs following the launch of new AI-driven capabilities from technology-first challengers. Here in the UK, the tremors were felt too " in the days after the headlines, shares in St…...

6+ day, 11+ hour ago  (736+ words) For my column this quarter, I wanted to reflect on a few themes that have been on my mind and seem to have dominated the landscape in recent months. The first is the incoming threat " or opportunity " that is AI....

6+ day, 5+ hour ago  (604+ words) Recently, I received some simple but powerful advice from my brother-in-law, a successful stage and screen actor who had just come back from filming sword-fighting scenes for House of the Dragon. While he talked about choreography and character development, I…...

6+ day, 6+ hour ago  (696+ words) Aberdeen Group reported a 4% rise in adjusted operating profit for 2025, with strong growth at interactive investor offsetting a sharp fall in profits in its adviser business following strategic repricing. Adjusted operating profit rose to "264m from "255m a year earlier, while IFRS…...

6+ day, 10+ hour ago  (901+ words) Aberdeen leans on interactive investor as adviser repricing hits profits Aberdeen Group reported a 4% rise in adjusted operating profit for 2025, with strong growth at interactive investor offsetting a sharp fall in profits in its adviser business following strategic repricing. Adjusted…...