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...The interiors, by 8 Holland Street’s Tobias Vernon, are (naturally) light, neutral and with a pronounced Scandi lean....
...“Online wealth management and more traditional services can coexist happily,” says Hollands....
...However, he would be loath to lose some of his current crop such as Aviva, M&G and Taylor Wimpey, as they are “such marvellous tax-free income generators within my Isa”....
...“Bigger banks could facilitate this quite easily, whereas smaller providers like building societies could team up with the likes of L&G or BlackRock to offer a simple range of trackers,” suggests Jason Hollands...
...And take note of an embarrassing saga linked to Glencore about the “G” in the ESG tag....
...From The Notorious B.I.G. and Afrika Bambaataa to Mary J Blige and Eve (women’s contributions get a big nod), via Public Enemy, Nas and dozens of others, there are more than 200 photographs dated between...
...“We shouldn’t give up on DB because the average duration is still 15 years,” says Nigel Wilson, chief executive of L&G....
...One director I worked with maintained that going to the theatre should be like going to church: all uncomfy seats, troubling introspection and definitely no interval G&Ts....
...Walker porcelain Coral bowl, £1,800, thenewcraftsmen.com Zeus+Dione silk-blend Crocus striped halterneck top, £340, net-a-porter.com Vincenzo Romanelli bronze Sea Urchin sculpture, 2018, €7,000 Henry Holland...
...It is available from £700 per week via LHH (lhhscotland.com) Sea Ranch, California Mary Holland I live in New York but seldom travel to California....
...“There will always be that need for a traditional advice model,” says Jason Hollands, managing director at Tilney Smith & Williamson....
...Hollands cautions that underperformance does not always mean losses, and investors should not take returns for granted....
...These included funds managed by large investment houses such as Invesco, St James’s Place, M&G and Fidelity. St James’s Place had four of the largest underperforming funds....
...G and T began in army camps. In the 1920s cocktails helped, followed by that tempting invention, a White Lady. So did the rise of martinis....
...In December, M&G suspended its £2.3bn fund after it was unable to sell properties to keep pace with a surge of investor redemptions. The M&G fund remains suspended....
...“It’s so important to look behind the name and the past record [of a fund],” said Mr Hollands....
...Jason Hollands, managing director at the online investment service Bestinvest, said there was a risk of contagion....
...In December, M&G suspended its £2.5bn property fund after investors moved to pull their money, prompted by fears of a retail downturn and the prospect of a disorderly Brexit....
...“L&G offers a 6.3% 2020E dividend yield, 1.2% above the sector average. Pre-2016 L&G's yield averaged 0.4% above the sector.”...
...Dawn Holland: A lot depends on the evolution of the pandemic....
...“One hopes that the fund can be made more liquid and reopened as soon as possible,” said Mr Hollands....
...In particular, L&G is attempting to emulate the “retirement communities” that they have in the US....
...If Debt/GDP is about 1 now (UK-US levels) you can run a primary deficit of (g-r) — where g is growth rate and r is real cost of borrowing — and keep Debt/GDP constant....
...That’s undoubtedly one of their strengths,” says Jason Hollands, managing director at Tilney Group, the wealth manager. “Their equity business has been up and down.”...
...He suggests splitting an investment four ways across two passive funds — such as HSBC FTSE All-Share Index and the L&G International Index Trust — and two actively managed global funds — such as Liontrust...
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