Global equity markets had a better day yesterday (Tuesday 17 March 2020) thanks to fiscal stimulus announcements in the UK & the US. The UK announced […]

As more cities and countries around the globe impose travel restrictions, ban public gatherings and close schools, equity markets have again fallen as they adjust for […]

After yesterday’s (Thursday 12 March 2020) global equity market sell-off, share prices have, thankfully, rallied this morning. Global equities yesterday saw their worst day since October […]

As we wrote in yesterday’s Market Update (please see here), while the coordination between the UK government and the BoE delivered a positive and powerful response […]

The BoE cut UK interest rates this morning by 0.5% to 0.25%.

“Leave” won the 2016 EU referendum by a small majority, the Conservatives won the 2019 general election by a land slide.

You may have seen in the news that one of the UK’s best known Fund Managers, Neil Woodford, has told investors that they can’t sell their holdings in his Woodford Equity Income Fund for the time being.

Today the Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, delivered his Spring Statement.

A draft Brexit withdrawal deal has finally been agreed between the EU and the UK (or more specifically Theresa May and the ‘collective’ of her Cabinet – which means it was far from unanimous).

While this Budget Statement will no doubt grab media headlines, from a stock market standpoint this Budget, like many over the last few years, had little impact on UK equity markets.