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Bleak outlook for the UK economy

The Bank of England’s decision to keep interest rates at 3.75 per cent suggests a weak outlook for the UK economy, economists have said.

Jack Standen, IQEQ

Compliance risks loom for cross border fundraising

Europe has become the destination of choice for US private asset managers battling to find a place in their own saturated market, yet these prospective pilgrims face an uphill battle in complying with stringent regulations on foreign shores.

LTAF assets soar

BlackRock has added to its Long Term Asset Fund (LTAF) range with the launch of a Diversified Alternative Strategies vehicle seeded by its own defined contribution (DC) scheme and that of another unnamed global financial services firm.

Chris Brown, Insight Investment

Cash is the best

Ongoing conflict in the Middle East and the resulting economic fallout is driving investors to seek defensive and liquid positions in their portfolios, seeing money market inflows surge.

Mike Carrodus, Substantive Research

European research budgets lag US counterparts

Ever since MiFID II outlawed bundling research costs with other brokerage services in 2018, asset managers across the European Union and UK have seen research budgets slide, but a new report shows they are now lagging their US counterparts by as much as 500 per cent.

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