Sarah Kennedy hosts Richard Bradley of Platforum to discuss trends affecting financial advisers.

In 2025, long-term bond yields have risen sharply across developed markets including the US, UK, EU, and Japan.

In this episode, hosts Eleanor Williams and Charlie Parker take a look back at market activity over the summer and discuss what could be next in the coming months.

Asset markets saw limited progress last month as investors digested new macroeconomic data. The US economy is slowing, yet it is handling tariff uncertainty. Business Manager Surveys (PMIs) remain weak, but retail sales have stabilised. All eyes, including those of the Fed, are on the labour market, where the data is mixed. New job openings have slowed, but layoffs have not increased sharply outside the government. Jerome Powell’s final Jackson Hole address confirmed that the

Speculation is hotting up about what the Autumn budget will bring. It feels like only yesterday we were staring down the barrel of the fear that chancellor Rachel Reeves would raise capital gains tax in line with income tax last year. In the event, of course, her move was modest and even that proved counterproductive with the tax-take falling since the intervention. This year, she remains in a very similar pickle. Her hopes that last year’s tax rises, principally a rise in em

In the second episode of our series focusing on centralised investment propositions (CIPs), we explore the increasing dominance of managed portfolio services (MPS) and how they work alongside multi-asset funds.

1. Central Banks at crossroads The Bank of England cut interest rates from 4.25% to 4% in August, but a narrow 5–4 vote exposed deep divisions among policymakers and underscored the complexity of the current environment. Inflation surprised to the upside in June at 3.6%, while GDP contracted by 0.1% in May. Labour market data has also softened, with employment falling in seven of the past eight months and wage growth cooling, though the weakness remains concentrated in sector

Nathan McKerlie hosts Andy Parsons, Head of Investments and Protection at Defaqto, for an insightful discussion on centralised investment propositions (CIPs) and centralised retirement propositions (CRPs).