Word on the Street

This week, we look at how the pandemic has changed the way people think about their spending. Has our attitude to risk changed fundamentally, and what trends are emerging about how people manage their money, with Nicky Eggers (Head of Investments), Sian McIntyre (Head of Families and Retirees Segment), and Rob Smith (Head of Behavioural Finance).

This week, we look at the sustainability of government debt and whether the market is heading down a long and winding road to recovery, what the impact of the Chancellor’s Summer Economic statement may be, the government’s recently announced Back to Work policy, and where we stand with the latest round of Brexit negotiations, with Miles Sherry (Investment Consultant), Sophie Traherne (UK Government Relations Expert), and Jean-Paul Jaegers (Head of Asset Allocation)

This week, we talk about our outlook for investments, whether the crisis is fundamentally changing investor behaviour, and how our biases and views may be influencing how we interpret information, with Nicky Eggers (Head of Investments), Jean-Paul Jaegers (Head of Asset Allocation), and Robert Smith (Head of Behavioural Finance).

For this episode Nicky Eggers (Head of Investments) talks to Ben Davey (Head of Barclays Ventures) and Will Hobbs (Chief Investment Officer) about the winners and losers from an industrial revolution that has been turbocharged by the pandemic. They also discuss this week’s Summer Statement from the Chancellor.

This week, we talk about the latest spending plans from the UK government as well as what other authorities around the world could and should focus on in their upcoming spending packages, with Nicky Eggers (Head of Investments), Will Hobbs (Chief Investment Officer), and Sophie Traherne (UK Government Relations Specialist).

This week, we discuss the government’s recently released plans for easing of the lockdown, as well as where we are with the Brexit negotiations and the possible implications that all of this may have on the markets, with Phil Attreed (Head of Investment Consulting), Sophie Traherne (UK Government Relations Expert), and Jean-Paul Jaegers (Head of Asset Allocation).

This week, we have Phil Attreed (Head of Investment Consulting) talking to Will Hobbs (Chief Investment Officer) and Juliet Rogan (Head of High Growth and Entrepreneurs) about the latest on the pandemic, Brexit and the current trade tensions, as well as the accelerating transition to our digital future.

This week Nicky Eggers (Head of Investments) talks to Jean-Paul Jaegers (Head of Asset Allocation) and Mike Haslam (Investment Funds Director) about the continual change investors have to cope with and get ahead of and how this impacts investment decisions.

This week, Nicky Eggers (Head of Investments) talks to Will Hobbs (Chief Investment Officer) about why, with the bad news seemingly rolling in day after day, stock markets continue to rise. They also take a closer look at the prospects for the UK economy, and the potential for European shares to catch up on a decade of underperformance.

This week, we refocus on the UK’s political and economic experience of the coronavirus crisis, discussing the latest gossip from Westminster, why England’s experience is so different from other home nations, and asking whether investors should buy the FTSE, with Nicky Eggers (Head of Investments), Sophie Traherne (Senior UK Political Analyst), and Will Hobbs (Chief Investment Officer).