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Below you will find the latest articles covering a wide range of issues and topics relevant to financial advisers. Articles are written by contributors from Embark’s businesses as well as other partners and providers and are not promotional or sponsored.
These articles are intended for regulated financial advisers and intermediaries only.
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Living longer: Can we afford it?
Oct 07, 2020
What are the chances of living to 105? For a child born in the west today, it’s over 50 per cent, according to the authors of The 100-Year Life: Living and Working in an Age of Longevity... But can we afford it?
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COVID-19's impact on inflation
COVID-19, Embark Adviser newsletter
Oct 07, 2020
Despite upward price pressures in certain industries, on balance there doesn't appear to be a sustained inflation dynamic at work. Thus far, the Covid-19 pandemic has had a negative impact on both demand and supply.
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Deflation has intensified – the global view
Oct 07, 2020
The vast scale of government and central bank support provided to the economy over the last six months has led many investors and market commentators to question whether we have reached an inflection point where inflationary forces will have the upper hand over the coming years.
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ESG: You must prepare for crucial conversations
Oct 07, 2020
Regulation is on the way in 2021 that means you will have to speak to clients about how ‘green’ they are and how much they would like their views, beliefs and aspirations reflected in their investment portfolios.
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It’s national "something" day
Oct 07, 2020
It’s never just a Monday, a mere Tuesday or plain old Wednesday; it’s bound to be a national ‘something’ day too. Recently it was Pensions Awareness Day, which came with confirmation that the minimum pension age will be shifted from 55 to 57 from 2028.
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‘Some are going to get crunched’: Future of platforms debated in first ever EmbarkPod
Oct 02, 2020
Taking part in Embark Group’s first ever podcast, CEO Phil Smith joined Head of Platform Strategy Alistair Wilson and host Roger Hearing, presenter of the BBC World Service’s flagship news and current affairs programme Newshour.
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