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Winter Seventeen

In this issue
Asset allocation in focus
ASSET ALLOCATION: A SNAPSHOT

The Asset Allocation Committee, which consists of three members of our research team and a number of investment managers, aims to provide a view on the asset allocation that seems most suitable in…

Meet the manager
Hugo Bedford

Hugo Bedford discusses life as a wealth manager.

Wealth planning in focus
Smart Planning For Tax Year Ahead

Individual Savings Accounts (ISA)

Wealth planning in focus
Wealth Planning

The private client investment industry has evolved significantly since our days as a stockbroker, with integrated wealth management becoming more prominent and it was little surprise to us that a…

Independent view
Are Your Affairs In Order?

According to recent research two thirds of adults in the UK do not have a Will. This can lead to untold upset and uncertainty for the family left behind. Without a valid Will, the rules of intestacy…

General interest
A Changing Tide In The Art Market

Value for money is certainly now a factor. At Dreweatts our regular mixed discipline ‘Interiors’ sales offer a good indicator of this change as a growing number of private buyers are purchasing at…

Stock in focus
DECHRA PHARMACEUTICALS

Their largest business division is Companion Animal Products (CAP) making up circa 53% of the group revenue. This essentially is made up of drugs for dogs and cats treating a variety of ailments from…

JM Finn news
LIFE CHANGING DEVOTION

With this in mind we have two charities at any one time that are our designated corporate charities

Collectives commentary
THE OUTLOOK FOR US EQUITIES IN THE POST-OBAMA WORLD

In the run up to the election, there was a universal fear of the politically unknown, firebrand, former reality TV star and his more controversial threats to dismantle global trade agreements and…

Company meetings
COMPANIES WE’VE MET DURING THE PAST QUARTER

Economic focus
ON THE OTHER HAND...

The truth is, though, that economics is more art than science. No wonder US President Harry S Truman is reputed to have said “find me a one-armed economist” so that they couldn’t qualify their advice…

Guest editorial
Brexiting Bad

Guest editorial
Threat to the city

Singapore and Hong Kong are the Asian cities that for decades have been cited as the near perfect examples of modern successful economies – places with a dynamism and work ethic that we tired old…

Understanding Finance
Understanding Finance
Inflation

We all know that in layman’s terms the rate of inflation measures the general level of price increases over a given period of time. But the above quoted figure is more precisely known as the Consumer…

Editorial
It's all about the microwaves

Let’s start with a simple question. Why is the night sky dark? A question that I had never contemplated until it was put to me in a physics lesson. The  first answer that pops to mind for most is;…

Welcome
Welcome Winter 2016

I believe this political upheaval is a direct effect of monetary policy, specifically Quantitative Easing, which has led, inadvertently, to the wealthier getting wealthier with little effect on…

Equity prospects

01.
Royal Dutch Shell

Royal Dutch Shell (Shell) took on more leverage when it bought BG back in early 2016.

02.
NEXT

Next is a UK-based retailer selling clothing, footwear and accessories. The company operates through four main business segments: Next Retail, a chain of more than 500 stores in the UK and Ireland;…

03.
MARKS & SPENCER

Marks and Spencer Group (M&S) is a well-known retailer dividing its stores into General Merchandise and Food or sometimes Simply Food. This divides not only its stores but also its profitability and…

04.
HSBC

To pay or not to pay. HSBC is a global bank with 58 million customers across its retail and commercial banking franchises. About 40% of revenues and about 80% of operating profits come from Asia with…