News: 13 July 2020
Almost every business with a physical interaction with the consumer has to downsize its capacity. This is a structural shrinkage, not just something that will be all over by Christmas.
News: 06 July 2020
The Chancellor will doubtless profess his prudence, but according to all leaks, is set to hand out yet another round of giveaways. A break on stamp duty on purchases up to half a million pounds, perhaps. Maybe a cut in VAT. Some have even mooted vouchers for spending in the pub.
News: 29 June 2020
Reopening the economy will mean that we have successfully come out of recession, that we are back on the right tracks. That the economy may still be a fifth smaller than at the turn of the year will be forgotten, confined to the smallest of the small print.
News: 26 June 2020
As restrictions begin to ease after 3 months of coronavirus lockdown, our CEO Sarah Soar reports that Hawksmoor's remote operations continue to run smoothly, and that it is very much 'business as usual.' There's also some exciting news about our new Client Portal.
News: 22 June 2020
We can pretend that such trivia as the economy, the recession, company profits and dividends should make a difference. At the moment, to do so would be pointless. All of them should, and will, given enough time. But given enough time, a chimpanzee will not only type out Hamlet, but also give it a happy ending.
News: 15 June 2020
With lockdown, everyone knew where they stood. The changing of the rules means that degree of certainty has gone. Instead, we have entered a new phase of experiments. Markets will be nervous, skittish and unsettled.
News: 10 June 2020
Great news for Hawksmoor as we have been shortlisted as finalists in two categories for the 2020 Investment Life and Pensions Moneyfacts Awards.
News: 08 June 2020
The combination of an apparently rapid reversal of the COVID recession and the promise of central banks to print unprecedented amounts of money is dizzyingly intoxicating. There are also no signs of it ending.
News: 01 June 2020
We need to come back to the United States, and the riots. It is probably a surprise that these have taken so long to start. The combination of lockdown and these long-simmering issues were always likely to explode at some stage. How long will this now last?
News: 26 May 2020
In fact, no one can quite agree on exactly what it is that negative interest rates are supposed to achieve. Some even argue that in further reducing the already marginal profitability of the high street banks, negative rates would actually be counter-productive.
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