Word on the Street

This week, as the Bank of England joins the rest of the world’s major central banks in announcing further emergency measures to support the economy, we discuss the gathering economic storm and ask whether now is the time to sell out of investments and shelter in cash, and are policy makers powerless to arrest the rout, with Nicky Eggers (Head of Investments) and Will Hobbs (Chief Investment Officer).

This week, our panel tries to make sense of a week of dramatic swings in the world’s capital markets, with Nicky Eggers (Head of Investments), Will Hobbs (Chief Investment Officer), and Rob Smith (Head of Behavioural Finance).

n this special Budget podcast our panel of experts discuss the changes announced in Chancellor Sunak’s Spring Budget. They discuss the measures taken in an attempt to offset the economic disruption caused by the coronavirus, and what all this may mean for your investments - hosted by Phil Attreed (Head of Investment Consulting), with Lee Platt (Director, Wealth Planning), Sophie Traherne (Senior UK Political Analyst), Will Hobbs (Chief Investment Officer), and special guest Emma Hosking-Williams (Director, Ernst & Young).

This week, we talk about the rising concerns over the spread of Covid-19 — do they signal a time to buy or sell? Also we discuss why investors were not calmed by the aggressive intervention from the Federal Reserve and what are fund managers telling us about the opportunities and threats out there, with Nicky Eggers, Head of Investments, Jean-Paul Jaegers, Head of Asset Allocation, Mike Haslam, Head of Fund Investing, and Will Hobbs, Chief Investment Officer

This week we look at whether the attempts to contain Covid-19, or the coronavirus, will usher in the next recession and what investors should do about it, with Nicky Eggers, Head of Investments, Will Hobbs, Chief Investment Officer, Jean-Paul Jaegers, Head of Asset Allocation, and Rob Smith, Head of Behavioural Finance.

This week head of Investments, Nicky Eggers, talks to Sophie Traherne, senior political expert, Will Hobbs, CIO and Hao Ran Wee, senior investment strategist about the latest cabinet reshuffle and what that might mean for the coming budget(0:53). The team also tackle some of the pros and cons of infrastructure spending (6:00).

This week we discuss the effect Covid-19 (or coronavirus) could have on the economy, and whether it could lead to a global recession. We also look at the impact that the outbreak and recent trade tensions have had on our manufacturing supply chains, and whether this points towards the end of globalisation as we know it, with Nicky Eggers, Head of Investments, and Will Hobbs, Chief Investment Officer.

This week, we talk about a busy week in US politics (00:54), the latest on the Wuhan viral outbreak (8:09), and the state of the world economy (10:18) with Toby Cross, Head of Client Investment Solutions, and Will Hobbs, Chief Investment Officer.

This week, we discuss the political and economic outlook for the UK economy on this historic day when the UK leaves the European Union and enters the transition period (1:33), the problems with UK productivity growth (10:24), and the government's domestic agenda for 2020 (21:10), with Toby Cross, Head of Client Investment Solutions, Sophie Traherne, Senior Political Analyst, Will Hobbs, Chief Investment Officer, and Hao Ran Wee, Senior Investment Strategist.

This week, we talk about about the latest on the UK economy (1:30), what to do about the Wuhan viral outbreak (3:28), as well as the past, present and future of work (6.20), including the possible impact of artificial intelligence (13:45), with Toby Cross, Head of Client Investment Solutions, and Will Hobbs, Chief Investment Officer.