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Follow our regular updates to stay up-to-date with current financial planning and investment issues. We regularly publish press clippings, articles and thinkpieces that we think might be of interest to our clients.

The early trailers in January 2024 for what is probably Chancellor Jeremy’s Hunt’s last ”fiscal event” featured Prime Minister Rishi Sunak promising “more to come” on tax cuts.

As the UK general election comes into view, it looks likely Britain will be going to the polls in the Autumn of this year.

You are welcome to listen to our quarterly economic and investment update, recorded on 11 January 2024, with the following contributors from London Wall Partners (“LWP”):
  • Ian McCafferty, CBE, former member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee and member of the LWP Investment Committee;
  • Stuart Fowler, Investment Director of LWP; and
  • Ni

Markets finished 2023 on a positive note in light of potential interest rate cuts in 2024.  US 10-year Treasury yields declined from a peak of around 5% to below 4% at the year end, and global stock markets rose sharply in November and December.  However, sterling strength meant returns for UK investors were reduced.  The increase in the pound against the US dollar reflects the e

Press here to view the performance of our Balanced, Moderately Adventurous, Adven

Jeremy Hunt’s second Autumn Statement was set against a much less financially turbulent background than his first. However, politics still loomed large with a likely election in the next 12 months prompting calls for tax cuts from within the Conservative party.

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