Word on the Street

For this episode, we talk about the busy week in Westminster and the chances that we are heading for another lockdown in the UK, with Nicky Eggers (Head of Investments), Sophie Traherne (UK Government Relations Expert) and Will Hobbs (Chief Investment Officer).

As we head into autumn, Phil Attreed (Head of Investment Consulting), along with four of the Barclays investments team, tackle some of the key questions posed recently by our clients and customers. These include the outlook for the UK and global economy, the forthcoming US election, government debt, and why now is as good a time as ever to invest.

This week, we take a closer look at the world of fixed income. With ever-falling interest rates and the scarcity of attractive yields on bonds, we talk about what investors should know about today’s bond markets, with Nicky Eggers (Head of Investments), Jean-Paul Jaegers (Head of Asset Allocation), and Sabina Raza, (Investment Specialist).

Phil Attreed (Head of Investment Consulting) talks to Will Hobbs (Chief Investment Officer) about the long-term effects of the pandemic and the latest changes in portfolio positioning.

In this episode, we discuss what trends we are seeing from the all-important UK consumer and the latest from another busy week of newsflow from the wider world, with Nicky Eggers (Head of Investments), Darren Foulds (Head of Customer Insight and Design), and Will Hobbs (Chief Investment Officer).

This week, Head of Investments Nicky Eggers talks to Will Hobbs, Chief Investment Officer, about concerns that we are watching another technology bubble inflate. They discuss if such dominance of a handful of companies is unusual and what is driving it. Also, does it make these still surging stock markets more vulnerable? And what has the Black Death got to do with any of it?

This week, we look at the opportunities in UK equities, while also discussing whether the Eat Out to Help Out scheme has helped and what the near-term outlook for the UK economy is, with Nicky Eggers (Head of Investments), Will Hobbs (Chief Investment Officer), and Stephen Peters (Senior Investment Manager).

For this episode, we have Head of Product Nicky Eggers, talking to Ian Aylward, Head of Fund Selection, and Will Hobbs, Chief Investment Officer, about a way to save the rainforest, the link between air pollution and crime, and what companies (and economists) can do to help save the world.

For this episode, we have Head of Product, Nicky Eggers talking to Will Hobbs, CIO and Rob Smith, Head of Behavioural Finance about the UK’s record breaking plunge in output, the outlook for vaccines and treatments after Russia’s announcement and whether the pick for vice president in the US really matters on the campaign trail.

For this episode we have Head of Product, Nicky Eggers, talking to CIO Will Hobbs and Investment Funds Director Mike Haslam about the shape of the economic recovery to come and how our panel of preferred fund managers are trying to sift through the potential winners and losers.

This week, we look at how the pandemic has changed the way people think about their spending. Has our attitude to risk changed fundamentally, and what trends are emerging about how people manage their money, with Nicky Eggers (Head of Investments), Sian McIntyre (Head of Families and Retirees Segment), and Rob Smith (Head of Behavioural Finance).

This week, we look at the sustainability of government debt and whether the market is heading down a long and winding road to recovery, what the impact of the Chancellor’s Summer Economic statement may be, the government’s recently announced Back to Work policy, and where we stand with the latest round of Brexit negotiations, with Miles Sherry (Investment Consultant), Sophie Traherne (UK Governmen...

This week, we talk about our outlook for investments, whether the crisis is fundamentally changing investor behaviour, and how our biases and views may be influencing how we interpret information, with Nicky Eggers (Head of Investments), Jean-Paul Jaegers (Head of Asset Allocation), and Robert Smith (Head of Behavioural Finance).

For this episode Nicky Eggers (Head of Investments) talks to Ben Davey (Head of Barclays Ventures) and Will Hobbs (Chief Investment Officer) about the winners and losers from an industrial revolution that has been turbocharged by the pandemic. They also discuss this week’s Summer Statement from the Chancellor.

This week, we talk about the latest spending plans from the UK government as well as what other authorities around the world could and should focus on in their upcoming spending packages, with Nicky Eggers (Head of Investments), Will Hobbs (Chief Investment Officer), and Sophie Traherne (UK Government Relations Specialist).

This week, we discuss the government’s recently released plans for easing of the lockdown, as well as where we are with the Brexit negotiations and the possible implications that all of this may have on the markets, with Phil Attreed (Head of Investment Consulting), Sophie Traherne (UK Government Relations Expert), and Jean-Paul Jaegers (Head of Asset Allocation).

This week, we have Phil Attreed (Head of Investment Consulting) talking to Will Hobbs (Chief Investment Officer) and Juliet Rogan (Head of High Growth and Entrepreneurs) about the latest on the pandemic, Brexit and the current trade tensions, as well as the accelerating transition to our digital future.

This week Nicky Eggers (Head of Investments) talks to Jean-Paul Jaegers (Head of Asset Allocation) and Mike Haslam (Investment Funds Director) about the continual change investors have to cope with and get ahead of and how this impacts investment decisions.

This week, Nicky Eggers (Head of Investments) talks to Will Hobbs (Chief Investment Officer) about why, with the bad news seemingly rolling in day after day, stock markets continue to rise. They also take a closer look at the prospects for the UK economy, and the potential for European shares to catch up on a decade of underperformance.

This week, we refocus on the UK’s political and economic experience of the coronavirus crisis, discussing the latest gossip from Westminster, why England’s experience is so different from other home nations, and asking whether investors should buy the FTSE, with Nicky Eggers (Head of Investments), Sophie Traherne (Senior UK Political Analyst), and Will Hobbs (Chief Investment Officer).

This week we delve into the world of fund managers, discussing the ins and outs of fund management and tactical asset allocation with Nicky Eggers (Head of Investments), Mike Haslam (Head of Funds Distribution), and Jean-Paul Jaegers (Head of Asset Allocation).

Nicky Eggers, Head of Investments, discusses sustainable investing with our Head of Behavioural Finance, Rob Smith, and Ian Aylward, Head of Manager Selection. They talk about whether this lockdown will change our way of life forever to the benefit of the environment, and how investors can make money and achieve their societal and environmental objectives.

For this special edition of Word on the Street, Phil Attreed, Head of Investment Consulting, Senior Government Relations expert, Sophie Traherne, and Chief Investment Officer, Will Hobbs, discuss Sunday’s announcement on reopening the UK economy and look at how the UK compares to other similarly placed economies. They also consider why Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are planning a different...

This week, we discuss what China can tell us about the shape of the economic recovery that we should expect elsewhere and what our external fund managers are doing about it, with Nicky Eggers (Head of Investments), Mike Haslam (Head of Funds Distribution), and Will Hobbs (Chief Investment Officer).

This week, we give an update on how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting the markets and client investments, as well as give some insight into the art of trading investments in volatile financial markets, with Nicky Eggers (Head of Investments), Jean-Paul Jaegers (Head of Asset Allocation), and Martin Bassett (Head of Investment Dealing at Barclays UK).