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28 Aug 2019

Johnson’s move to suspend parliament will hit UK economy and pound

By Janice Roberts

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is inflicting unnecessary economic damage on an already vulnerable UK economy, warns the CEO of the world’s largest independent financial advisory organisation. The warning from Nigel Green, chief executive and founder of deVere Group, comes as it is revealed that the government is to ask the Queen to suspend Parliament when...

09 Jun 2017

Financial markets will urgently adjust to prospect of soft Brexit

By Janice Roberts

The UK election result is a hammer blow for a hard Brexit, warns Nigel Green, founder and CEO of deVere Group. He was commenting as Prime Minister Theresa May formed a coalition with the DUP and visited Buckingham Palace to ask permission from the Queen to form a government.

06 Jun 2017

How will the financial markets react to the UK election result?

By Janice Roberts

The pound will come under intense pressure, UK-focused stocks will weaken, gilt prices will rise and capital markets will experience significant volatility after the UK’s general election.

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