Insights

In preparation for the third event in our Invested in the Future series, "The Future of Cities", we take a look at the 15 minute city concept, which is starting to gain traction from Paris to Portland and Melbourne to Milan.

Tom Wells, Fund Manager, gives his views on global inflation, why now more than ever it could be eroding your portfolios and how to help mitigate it.

Welcome to our weekly newsletter, where we summarise the key market developments over the last seven days.

Increasingly the financial and popular press focuses on the cost of advice. But whenever you buy anything, there are two parts to the bargain - the price paid and the value received. And it’s within the gift of the adviser to turn the focus away from cost and towards value.

A new report shows sales of electric vehicles across the world are growing significantly, we look at finds out why this has happened, who the big players are and what the future holds.

When it comes to real estate, data centres are about as unglamorous as you can get. Yet these large buildings housing servers, data storage, and mile-upon-mile of cabling are already of immense importance to the global economy and property investors.

Welcome to our weekly newsletter, where we summarise the key market developments over the last seven days

In the World Economic Forum’s analysis of top global risks, climate change and related issues are of primary significance, as are disease, digital inequality, and cyber insecurity. Nowhere do the words ‘war’ or ‘terrorism’ appear. Following our event, the Future of Security, we speak again to Jonathan Shaw who shares his thoughts on the most serious global security risks.

The global economic outlook is strengthening, and this view has been reinforced by many companies reporting expectation-beating earnings for the last quarter of 2020. But while good business results go some way towards explaining the confidence in equity markets, are they enough to justify inflated prices?

Lawrence Cook discusses Sanlam's recent client tax research and how advisers can add extra value to their clients.

Our safety and freedom are no longer fought for on distant battlefields. Instead, every one of us is on the front line when it comes to protecting our society and economy from global cyber espionage. That was just one of the sobering thoughts from our Future of Security virtual event held on Thursday 25 March.

The collectors’ club of handbags is growing, but does the temptation to wear and use these luxury assets make them a good investment?

The Lifetime Allowance freeze announced in the Budget is not material in the short term, however not having any increases in the LTA for the next five tax years could have a much larger impact, and, as time goes by, more people will be affected.

Welcome to our weekly newsletter, where we summarise the key market developments over the last seven days.