Videos and webinars on retirement and investments
Our Smoothed Managed Fund range is managed in collaboration with Columbia Threadneedle. Learn more about the collaboration and what this means for your clients.
Our webinars offer information on our proposition and guidance on a number of retirement and investments topics.
In the last year we have seen Bank of England base rates increase dramatically, with many advisers and clients turning to cash to cushion volatility in a turbulent environment.
But the perceived 'safety' of cash can be misleading. With persistent inflation, taking a more balanced approach to a client's allocation of cash and investments could prove beneficial over the long term.
Our Smoothed Managed Fund range has delivered low volatility and potential for steady, long-term growth for your clients since 2006. And now, we're entering a new era for LV= Smoothed Managed Funds through our exciting new partnership with BlackRock.
In this webinar we get under the bonnet of the SMF investor experience, explore fund performance in Q1 2023, and what's next as we look to the future of Smoothed Managed Funds.
In these tough market conditions, it’s no wonder your clients might be more risk averse than they were previously.
According to our latest Wealth and Wellbeing research, two-thirds of UK adults don’t feel comfortable with financial uncertainty. That’s up 9% in a year.
In this webinar, we take a deep dive into our latest research, uncovering the state of the nation when it comes to financial resilience, and explore solutions that work for clients across a broad spectrum of risk composure, including our unique approach to blending guaranteed income with low volatility growth.
This webinar features a quarterly investment update by our Chief Investment Officer, Adam Ruddle, who discusses how the LV= Smoothed Managed Funds have performed, and offers our view on current market conditions and our outlook for the coming months.
We are also joined by Senior Business Development Manager Jonathan Kidd, who explores how blending LV=’s Smoothed Managed Funds with other investment solutions can diversify and stabilise a client’s portfolio, offering a less volatile journey tailored to the investors’ composure.
Watch our weekly insights video featuring Columbia Threadneedle Investments’ Chief Economist, Steven Bell, in partnership with LV=.
Last week’s Autumn Statement was widely welcomed here in the UK as it partially relieved the upward trend in taxes. It followed the latest data which showed a lower fiscal deficit and a fall in UK inflation that was both big and bigger than expected. For UK financial advisers only.
28/11/2023
Falling inflation has triggered a bond rally in the UK, US, and Eurozone with expectations for rate cuts in 2024 increasing. The US economy has held up well, but the Sahm rule looks set to be breached and recession worries could increase. For UK financial advisers only.
21/11/2023
Inflation has fallen in all the major economies and central banks have been able to keep policy on hold. But core inflation remains well above 2% targets and there’s uncertainty around whether downward trends will continue. For UK financial advisers only.
14/11/2023
Last week saw a major rally in both equities and bonds. It gained impetus on Thursday when the Chair of the US Federal Reserve, Jay Powell, surprised markets by giving a dovish assessment of the prospects for US interest rates in his press conference, welcoming the progress made on inflation. For UK financial advisers only.
06/11/2023
The S&P 500 index is officially in correction territory, interest rates have risen further than the market had hoped. But there are good reasons to remain confident that equities are not heading into bear market territory. For UK financial advisers only.
30/10/2023
Last week, Steven discussed the outlook for US interest rates and drew attention to the rapid decline in wage inflation there. It set the scene for big cuts in interest rates in 2024 in my view. This week, Steven looks at the UK where the situation is very different. For UK financial advisers only.
23/10/2023