The advice market is currently being buoyed by the needs of the wealthiest demographic: the baby boomers, who were born between 1946 and 1964. As boomers age, though, we will start to see a wealth transfer take place. In the UK, we expect £5.5 trillion of assets will be passed down between now and 2050. On a global basis, around $68 trillion is forecast to change hands.

The past few months have delivered a number of unwelcome developments resulting in greater risks to economic growth, higher inflation and more volatile markets.

Ongoing inflationary shocks, the questions around interest rates and the emergence of the new Omicron Covid variant are all making navigating the next twelve months more challenging for investors. Nonetheless, when we look beyond the headlines, there remain some reasons for optimism going into 2022.

We explore the Deeside AD Project's role in the UK's energy transition and decarbonisation efforts.

The 15 years since the start of the Global Financial Crisis have been a difficult time for Value as illustrated in Fig. 1. We show below that this underperformance has largely been driven by low inflation and government bond yields.

Amanda Young is joined by colleagues to explore what we can expect to see on the sustainability agenda for 2022.

The Russia-Ukraine crisis is progressing at a rapid pace, and recent developments suggest that a military conflict is increasingly likely. Needless to say, there is a large degree of uncertainty about what form this would take.

Passive bond funds are booming. But are they tracking what you think?

Recent market conditions have presented challenges for quality-focused investors. After years in the doldrums, lower-quality, cyclical companies are enjoying a moment in the sun. However, over a longer investment time-horizon (three to five years), value rallies like this one tend to fade.

Brazil’s vote matters. Its debt matters more

Inflation continues to surge, having reached 7% in the US and nearing 5% in Europe. A major contributor to higher inflation of late has been oil prices, which have surged by over 50% in the past year as consumption outpaced production.

My take: investors are looking for growth in the wrong places

Inflation has surged to 7% in the US and 5% in Europe, and higher prices have now been in the system for a year. With higher readings also seeding higher expectations, is inflation starting to look less transitory?

My take: investors want to fund housing. What's stopping them?

Over the past 10 years of abrdn global smaller companies investing, we’ve argued that small caps are too big to ignore. Although they account for just 15% of global benchmarks, small caps represent about 70% of global listed companies.

Nearly a year ago, our first deep dive on women and work – Equality starts at home: paternity leave – identified the availability of sufficient parental leave as critical to boosting female participation in the workforce.