Investment

• New structured product offering income and growth on FTSE CSDI underlying

  

  Mariana and Lowes Structured Investment Centre have launched the 10:10 Income & Growth Plan, a structured product that combines the opportunity for quarterly income payments and for capital gain at maturity after three years or more.

• Could now be the time to reassess drawdown investment pathways?

  

  Covid-19 has delayed the implementation of investment pathways for drawdown, giving the FCA a perfect opportunity to reassess the rules

• ISA estate planning – growing opportunities and use of the APS

  

  The number of ISA millionaires is growing. Joshua Croft, technical consultant at AJ Bell, considers the need for ISA estate planning and the opportunities this offers advice firms.

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• Are crypto currencies right for your clients?

  

  Daniele Mensi, CEO of Nexthash looks beyond the headlines and what constitutes a viable crypto investment and where blockchain investment platforms fit in.

• Real world vs the numbers

  

  A common error of financial markets is to ignore the facts on the ground, says David Jane, manager of Miton’s multi asset fund range

• It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad world – reading the signals of the global economy

  

  With global economic signals all seeming to flash red, what can we expect next? asks Douglas Kearney, investment director, Intelligent Pensions

• Neil Woodford, investment success and regression to the mean

  

  To what extent is investment manager success a factor of randomness and investors’ susceptibility to being fooled by it?

• Liquidity and the law of unintended consequences

  

  Liquidity as a risk can be underrated but is important for number of reasons, observes David Jane, manager of Miton’s multi asset fund range

• Structured products in the 10-years since the Financial Crisis

  

  Structured products have proved to be one of the best performers over the past decade, with 88% producing a positive result for investors

• US vs China – are we moving beyond a trade war?

  

  The US China trade war has become much more than the US trying to protect its manufacturers from unfair competition. Now there is more at stake, says Miton’s David Jane

• Where I see the challenges and opportunities in 2019

  

  Dynamic Planner CEO Ben Goss sets out below what he believes the next 12 months has in store for the advice industry

• With market risks growing a degree of caution is warranted

  

  A degree of caution is warranted in investment markets at the moment, says Steve Bates, Chief Investment Officer, GuardCap Asset Management

• Not from the high street – why we must focus on quality and value

  

  Rathbones’ David Coombs tried as hard as he could to buy a suit from the high street, but the experience was appalling. What deep-seated problems are behind poor performance from UK retailers?