Today’s seniors in the UK are in a unique position relative to previous generations. They live longer, are healthier, better educated and wealthier than their predecessors. The decisions seniors make around housing are driven by quality of life, ability to manage activities of daily living, their own personal and family circumstances, and affordability.
Ten years on from the Brexit referendum, the UK economy has shown resilience, but the equity market tells a more nuanced story. Large caps have led returns, while mid and small caps have de-rated despite earnings growth, driven in part by weaker sentiment and sustained outflows. In this insight, Premier Miton’s Matthew Tillett explores what’s behind this divergence and whether current valuations already reflect much of the negative outlook. This is a marketing communication.
As the UK government seeks to enlist pension savers’ capital for productive investment in the UK economy, our latest YouGov research suggests defined contribution (DC) savers are open to the idea in principle—but that support is sensitive to potential trade-offs in returns.