Are we jumping back 50 years, with inflation and political upheaval taking centre stage again? Attendees at the Citywire Midlands Retreat weigh in on what makes this current situation different.

This week, 70 UK companies began a six month trial of a four-day working week. But a shorter working week is nothing new for Beaufort Financial Planning.

In this episode of The Advice Show, director Gwilym Lloyd Jones discusses why a four-day week has been a success at his firm.

In this episode, Progeny's head of research, Robert Harrison, said China is looking 'more interesting' as a region to invest in, despite the continued lockdowns and ongoing economic uncertainties. And Harrison and Jamie Ward, head of investment solutions at AJ Bell, discuss why the UK has become an increasingly attractive market for their portfolios.

Advice firms should not divest their climate-unfriendly assets and could do more to direct clients’ investments in to sustainable funds, according to a senior policy fellow at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment.

At Citywire's inaugural Impact Retreat, Danae Kyriakopoulou spoke to reporter Nicola about the link between climate and financial risks.

How do you analyse a universe of 8,000 stocks being picked by the world's best performing fund managers?

That is a question Dan Grote and Algy Hall have been answering with their new Fix the Future project for Citywire. Here they explain to us the thinking behind their analysis and what they will be looking for in the best managers.

They also explain why this is not about ESG, and how the world has changed since Dan was writing NMA's 'green pages' back in 2007.

In this episode of the Advice Show for Mental Health Awareness week, mental wellbeing advocates Kate Erman and Anastasia Vinnikova share with reporter Chloé Meley some practical tips to help advice firms support their employees’ mental health.

ESG or impact fund managers often hold healthcare stocks because they align with the United Nations’ third Sustainable Development Goal: to ‘ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages’.

However, many larger healthcare companies have controversies to their name, ranging from charges of bribery to poor care. There is also a question about their role in the privatisation of healthcare in countries such as the UK which have a public health service.

Chris Welsford, managing director of Ayres Punchard Investment Management, discusses a well-known example: Centene, a £67.2bn US health insurer. We discuss the company’s controversies, our engagement with sustainable funds holding Centene, and investing for positive impact.

In this episode of the Advice Show, reporter Chloé Meley speaks to two decentralised finance experts, Caroline Hughes and Lavinia Osbourne, about where DeFi opportunities lie for the UK in general and for the financial services sector in particular.

In this episode of The Advice Show, Kevin Doran, managing director of AJ Bell Investments, discusses 'Dodl', AJ Bell's consumer investment app aimed at first-time investors.

In this episode of the Advice Show, Citywire New Model Adviser reporter Chloe Meley speaks to founder of Contact State Alain Desmier and director of Vision Business Advisers Peter Trotman about why lead generation in the advice industry should be better regulated, and why due diligence on the part of advisers is crucial.