Like a stuck record we keep saying that government debt is too high and that this will come back to bite us at some point. Spiralling inflation in the UK is making the cost of servicing UK government debt much more expensive but it does at least inflate away its real value over time. Governments …
Sticky inflation, rising interest rates, bank failures, an attempted coup in Russia, the US narrowly avoiding default by a matter of days and an ongoing cost of living crisis. You’d be forgiven for thinking these events have spooked financial markets but the reality has been very different, with markets performing better than even most optimists …
Assessing your attitude to risk is a mandatory part of the advice process. It is also, unfortunately, one of the most mishandled part of advising clients as this fascinating study, from the peerless Dr Greg Davies of Oxford Risk, shows. It is a requirement of the regulator (the FCA) that an adviser must assess a …
