What caught my eye this week. A lot of water has flowed under Westminster Bridge since a UK chancellor was able to stick to their plans for a year. Rachel Reeves didn’t even manage that. Since her Budget last October – and contrary to previous aspirations to return to a once-a-year cadence – we’re told … Read more
In the early days of financial planning, serving clients often meant developing transactional relationships focused on facilitating trades and selling insurance. Over time, advisors shifted toward more analytical approaches, such as investment management and retirement planning. Today, the industry has evolved further, with a growing emphasis on aligning financial decisions with clients’ personal priorities and … Read more
The European Federation of Academies of Sciences and Humanities (ALLEA) has for many years supported the move away from proprietary models of scholarly publishing towards Open Access (OA).[1] ALLEA, therefore, welcomes the recognition in the laws of an increasing number of European countries of so-called ‘Secondary Publication Rights’ (SPRs) that allow publicly funded researchers to … Read more