ByAmy Austin The Financial Conduct Authority has prevented a Sipp provider and administrator from disposing of assets without its approval. According to the Financial Service Register, Gaudi Regulated Services has an asset restriction imposed on it by the regulator. This means the firm will now have to seek written consent from the regulator before selling...Read More

Around 18.8% of corporate bond issuers in the UK could enter the high-risk bracket as the likelihood of defaults rise. By Tom Aylott, Reporter, Trustnet One in five UK companies is likely to have its creditworthiness downgraded, according to a study by analytics platform, bondIT. It found that 18.8% of corporate bond issuers in the UK...Read More

The macroeconomic climate has been battered this year, prompting investors to seek extra advice By Jean-Baptiste Andrieux It has been a particularly tough year for investment for a range of reasons, including inflation, the war in Ukraine, the energy crisis and supply chain issues. To my knowledge, commodities has been one of the very few asset classes to...Read More

By Chris Forgan After a challenging year for fixed income, investors could be forgiven for asking themselves, “what is the point of bonds anyway?” The developed market government bonds and high-quality investment grade bonds that make up a typical core fixed income allocation have played a critical role in multi-asset portfolios for decades, providing income, diversification,...Read More

By Maria Lozovik 022 has been tumultuous for both bonds and gilts. The year has seen a reset of bond yields from uninvestably low to attractively high in all major economies, while the UK and eurozone gilt markets have been thrown into chaos. But what about predictions for 2023? As recent years have demonstrated, forecasting is not an...Read More

Andrew Michael, Jo Groves Editor, Forbes Staff Investors Abandon UK And Passives In Favour Of Global Funds Investors in funds exposed to stocks and shares dumped holdings worth more than £6 billion last year, according to the latest buying and selling data from global funds network Calastone, Andrew Michael writes. The company’s Fund Flow Index showed that, overall, equity funds...Read More