Category: Blog
Keeping things safe in the digital era
This week’s blog focuses on how we protect our clients against fraud and cyber crime in particular! Our insurance team often quote the statistics that sit behind this increasing problem, and worryingly, 46% of UK businesses have experienced a cyber attack in the last 12 months, a 400% increase in…
DB Wood Team
17th November, 2023
October was a turbulent month for global investments. The three main drivers were a continuation of resilient economic data in the US (for most of the month), the Israel-Hamas conflict (in particular the potential effects on oil prices and therefore inflation implications), and the escalation in wider geopolitical tensions. Lately,…
Alex Chappell
3rd November, 2023
We approached Q3 with optimism. Not because we expected this quarter itself to be stellar, but because valuations on any medium to long term basis are as good as they have been at any time in the last 15 years. That said, markets need confidence, specifically with respect to inflation…
DB Wood Team
5th October, 2023
I had a couple of weeks away on vacation recently. It’s a time to reflect and to regain some perspective on life in general, as well as to get some sunshine, which has been in short supply in the UK through July and August. Sometimes when you are further away…
Ashley Brooks
18th August, 2023
Blog, IC Insights, Uncategorised
Someone asked me last week “what’s the most important lesson you’ve learnt across the last 5 years?” Well, that’s tough as a lot has happened, as covered in our recent blog ‘A Unique 5 Year Period draws to an end‘ . To be honest I thought it would be…
Ashley Brooks
4th August, 2023
UK Property Market – Stats that make you think…
Our research team frequently come out with fascinating statistical insights. Before we get into some detail about the current state of play in the UK’s property market, I thought I’d share an amazing stat from Chubb (a high-net-worth insurer) who noted that 50% of their motor thefts (where the vehicle…
Alex Chappell
21st July, 2023
Investors came into the second quarter feeling like the worst was behind us. Inflation was falling consistently across the globe, interest rates looked close to peaking, and so far, economies were showing no signs of a recession. In most regions that story has continued to play out. US inflation is…
Alex Chappell
6th July, 2023
We can only plan for a life well lived, at least that ought to be the desired outcome. As we all know, the path of life will include successes, failures, mistakes, reflection, growth, challenges, and opportunity. None of us are immune. The perspective applied to our past experience’s doubtless shapes…
Ashley Brooks
30th June, 2023
A Unique 5 Year Period draws to an end….
The word “unprecedented” is banded around way too often in the investment industry. Markets are dynamic and ever-changing, so most market cycles feel different in one way or another. That said, the most recent 5-year period really has been one of the toughest on record for investment assets. It will…
Ashley Brooks
16th June, 2023
DB Wood Money Market Portfolio
Since the turn of the year, we have been working on launching a new portfolio for short to medium term savings. We are delighted to introduce the DB Wood Money Market Portfolio which will officially launch on 1st June 2023. Intrigued…? Let’s explain what this is and why we’ve launched…
Alex Chappell
19th May, 2023