Hermes discusses the impact of the Federal Reserve’s widely expected increase in the benchmark US rate on overall market risk, credit, multi-asset investing, and equities in the US small- and mid-cap sector, global emerging markets, Europe and Asia ex-Japan. Saker Nusseibeh, Chief Executive, Hermes Investment Management If 2015 was the financial equivalent of Waiting for […]
The escalating threat from cybercrime is set to force companies into upping the skills of their boardroom executives in 2016, a global security and risk management consulting firm has predicted. "There is a lack of specialist cyber skills in boardrooms worldwide, including Britain’s, which is likely to become increasingly clear as 2016 progresses," said Ed […]
The Government has released the review of its annual auto-enrolment thresholds (available here). Earnings trigger proposed to remain frozen at £10,000 – broadly eligible employees earning above this level are auto-enrolled. This would bring an additional 130,000 individuals into scope of being auto-enrolled, 71% of whom are women. Estimated further £23 million of pension savings […]
Last week South African President Jacob Zuma sacked Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene in a widely-criticised move that sent the rand to record lows and caused the stock market to tumble. Mr. Nene was replaced by David van Rooyen, who will now be replaced by Pravin Gordhan. Mr. Van Rooyen was in the role for less […]
UK retail sales decreased 0.4% on a like-for-like basis from November 2014, when they had increased 0.9% from the preceding year. On a total basis, sales were up 0.7%, against a 2.2% rise in November 2014. Adjusted for the BRC-Nielsen Shop Price Index deflation, total growth was 2.2%. Total growth was below the 3-month average […]
Retailers could be missing out on crucial Christmas trading if they’re not able to offer card payments, new research from EE reveals. Four in five (80%) shoppers in the UK expect to be able to pay for goods using their credit or debit cards, but a quarter (25%) have been forced to abandon transactions due […]
Contractors in the financial services sector are in for a bumper Christmas as they’re set to see an increase in both rates and opportunities, according to giant group. The specialist service provider’s latest analysis of its contractor database found that these types of professionals expect an increase in both financial reward and opportunities over the […]
A new study from Juniper Research claims that Mobile Network Operators will generate an additional $700m annually by 2020 from new universal log-in and mobile identity services - from a base of just $20 million this year. The new research - Mobile Identity, Authentication & Tokenisation 2015-2020, found that as online engagement has soared, the […]
Yesterday General Electric suspended proceedings on a $3.3 billion agreement to sell its appliance business to Swedish firm Electrolux, following months of push back from US antitrust regulators. The deal would have seen Electrolux become the world’s biggest appliance maker over Whirlpool. GE have now said that they will pursue other options in the sale […]
EY today launches its Global Banking Outlook for 2016, which looks at banking trends across the world for the year ahead, and focuses this year on talent in the sector. In recent years, banks have refocused, redefined and reshaped many aspects of their core business, structures and processes through technological innovation, but their workforce demographic […]
In his latest Economic outlook quarterly, Neil Williams, Group Chief Economist at Hermes Investment Management, sets out the four main pillars of his macro outlook for the year ahead. Handing over the growth baton... Despite China’s slowdown, concerns about Greece, and the imminence of the US Fed’s first rate hike, global growth should not be […]
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