Why Goldman Sachs predict ‘earlier and more aggressive’ interest rate cuts from central banks December 18, 2023 Goldman Sachs expects "earlier and more aggressive rate cuts" from central banks after a significant fall in inflation over recent months.
Santa Rally expected to bring festive joy to London’s FTSE 100 after tough year December 18, 2023 Some four in five of those polled by Interactive Investor are expecting to up their exposure to equities next year, too.
A data-driven approach to social impact December 15, 2023 | Sponsored When organisations set out to support their communities through CSR, ESG, or social impact programmes, they often have an ambitious goal to reach a large number of people. However, the definition of ‘reach’ is often unclear, and this can be problematic when it’s time to evaluate the impact of the programme and tell the story [...]
Accelerating a planet positive future December 14, 2023 | Sponsored Reflecting on the successful launch of Arcadis’s new three-year strategy last month, held at the iconic Lord’s cricket ground in London, my primary feeling is one of pride. Pride in the scale and scope of what we launched, pride in the reaction from our investors and clients and pride at the smooth and slick delivery [...]
Meet the entrepreneur on a mission to give women more control of their money – and make a difference December 13, 2023 Female Invest is on a mission to help women reach financial independence. Anna-Sophie Hartvigsen says it's about more than just money.
US inflation: Consumer prices unexpectedly rise in November as Fed likely to hold rates December 12, 2023 Core prices, excluding volatile items like food and energy costs, also came in line with economists' expectations, rising four on an annual basis.
Investors hope for news to boost under-pressure Currys shares December 10, 2023 It has been a bad year to be a Currys investor and shareholders will be hoping for chief executive Alex Baldock to pull something out of the hat on Thursday that they can cheer for. The electronics retailer will update the markets on how it performed in the first half of a year where revenue is expected [...]
Standard Life boss on why 14m pension savers could be sleepwalking into disaster December 7, 2023 Charlie Conchie interviews the biggest movers and shakers in tech, fintech and financial services. This week he talks about the importance of pensions and language with Standard Life boss, Andy Curran. When Andy Curran moved from Glasgow to Reading in 1989 for his first job in the pensions industry, he came up against a cultural [...]
Why include education in your corporate social impact strategy? December 6, 2023 | Sponsored In my years of helping businesses shape and evaluate community education programmes, I’ve noticed more and more organisations starting to see education not only as a means to create social impact but as a multi-faceted benefit to their business. Education programmes for the community are now seen as a means to engage employees in company [...]
Jeremy Hunt: UK economy has a ‘sprain’ – but it’s not as bad as a broken leg December 4, 2023 Jeremy Hunt has denied the UK economy has a “broken leg," although he admitted it is suffering from a “sprained ankle."