Author: Jordan

The new products, available immediately, have been designed to offer landlords additional choice across their property portfolios. Aldermore has expanded its buy-to-let (BTL) range with the launch of two limited edition 5-year fixed rate products aimed at landlords. The new products, available immediately, have been designed to offer landlords additional choice across their property portfolios. For individual landlords and limited companies with single residential investment properties, the lender has introduced a 5-year fixed rate at 5.94% up to 75% loan-to-value (LTV) with no arrangement fee. For landlords with multi-property residential investment portfolios, Aldermore has launched a 5-year fixed rate at…

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Key PointsThe stock market is almost four years into its current bull run.An analyst at Bank of America has made an astute observation, comparing this bull run to its 2000 counterpart.Diversifying your portfolio now could help hedge against an imminent bear market.Since mid-October 2022, when the S&P 500(SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) closed below $3,600, the stock market has been on an aggressive bull run. So aggressive has been the rally, so resilient and unfazed by any and every obstacle — from tariffs to war — that many are now left wondering how (and when) this bull market will come to an end.A…

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Olympic gold medalist Apolo Ohno is dragging his ex-girlfriend Anna Pham to court for refusing to return his personal property, TMZ has learned.  Apolo filed a lawsuit, obtained by TMZ, claiming Anna has hundreds of items of personal and business property … including studio and audio-production equipment, photographic and video equipment, electronics, apparel, a firearm, and computer hard drives containing irreplaceable content … plus Olympic race and training footage, documentary footage held for future commercial sale, an unpublished book manuscript and personal Olympic photographs.  The athlete claims the relationship ended in 2023, but they remained friends throughout most of 2024.…

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10:30 November 04 2025 Share article Share How did the sustainable finance market move in Q3 2025? Our October wrap covers notable transactions in Australia and New Zealand, the latest market insights, the first Australian Sustainable Finance Taxonomy-aligned Green Bond and more. Market recap – September 2025 year to date Figure 1 – Global Sustainable Finance Issuance by Year (2025 data to September). Source: Bloomberg/Westpac   Figure 2 – Australian Sustainable Finance Issuance by Year (2025 data to September). Source: Bloomberg/Westpac   Global sustainable debt issuance totalled USD 1,209bn (Figure 1) for the 9 months to September 2025, marking…

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The real trade is that the market has rediscovered yield. This is where USD/JPY matters. A USD/JPY above 162 indicates the carry trade still has oxygen, the dollar still has bidders, and the market remains comfortable holding yield differentials. Gold does not trade tick-for-tick with USD/JPY (although the correlation is .60), and Tokyo intervention could push the yen sharply higher without changing the gold story at all. But when gold is falling as USD/JPY breaks out, the market is telling you that rates and dollar pressure still have both hands on the wheel. So today USDJPY matters….. Takeaways Gold near…

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Increased take-up of alternative investments among retail, high-net-worth and retirement investors is turning into a reality, as three recently published surveys showed how financial advisers and both their wealth and retirement plan clients are increasing or considering adding to their alternatives holdings and strategic discussions. Brookfield Asset Management Ltd. found that 73% of wealth managers surveyed said clients’ discussions had evolved from defining alternative assets to determining which ones may be suitable for portfolio goals.More than three-quarters (76%) of surveyed wealth managers said they expect client interest in alternatives to accelerate, according to Brookfield, which announced last month its private…

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