Weak US Jobs Report Boosts Stocks
Markets moved through a holiday-shortened week with a distinctly dovish tone, as a much weaker-than-expected US jobs report and a change in rhetoric from the new Federal Reserve Chair pulled interest rate expectations lower and gave risk assets a lift into quarter end. Jobs Data Softens, Fed Signals Shift The US labour market delivered its […]
Ships Don’t Lie: What Tanker Traffic Is Telling Investors
Major US stock indexes finished the week on a mixed note as weakness in large-cap technology stocks weighed on the Nasdaq and S&P 500, while smaller companies and value sectors continued to outperform. Investors also welcomed encouraging inflation data and easing geopolitical tensions, although questions remain over how durable the recent market optimism will prove. […]
NEBA hosts global annual meeting bringing together teams across five continents
Singapore / UAE / UK / EU / South Africa / US – Wednesday, 14 January 2026 NEBA Private Clients, part of TEAM plc, successfully hosted its annual global meeting today, bringing together advisers, leadership, and operational teams from across five continents for a wide-ranging update on the Group’s progress, strategy, and future direction. The […]
TEAM Asset Management featured in FT Adviser review of best performing growth model portfolios
TEAM plc (AIM: TEAM), a dynamic player in wealth and asset management is pleased to announce that TEAM Asset Management has been recognised in FT Adviser’s review of the best performing growth model portfolios, highlighting the strength of its disciplined investment approach. TEAM Asset Management, the Jersey-based boutique independent asset manager, was featured in FT […]
Risk Reassessed: Hormuz Reopens as Warsh Signals a Tougher Fed
Global markets were handed no shortage of drama last week, yet ultimately chose optimism over alarm. A record-breaking IPO, a hawkish Federal Reserve debut, a divided Bank of England, and arguably the most consequential geopolitical development since February all collided within a single trading week. That Changes Things The defining macro development arrived, once again, […]
TEAM mandates CISI Level 4 as minimum standard for every NEBA adviser
Financial services group TEAM has stipulated that every private client adviser in its international advice business NEBA will be to achieve CISI Level 4 by the end of 2026, with the support of the firm. With the aim of setting a clear benchmark for international financial advice, TEAM will support all advisers with their qualifications, […]
Risk Off, Risk On, Kick Off & Lift Off
Markets juggled several competing narratives last week, as geopolitical risk, sticky inflation and a record-breaking IPO all pulled sentiment in different directions. Major indices ultimately closed the week little changed, but the path there was anything but calm. Oil spiked on Middle East risk, equities wobbled on hotter inflation data, and a wave of “risk-on” […]
Warsh’s Hawkish Debut: What the Fed’s First Move Under New Leadership Signals for Investors
For the fourth meeting in a row, the Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged. The headline was no surprise — but the tone struck by its newly installed Chair, Kevin Warsh, was. In his first meeting at the helm, Warsh signalled a markedly firmer commitment to taming inflation, reshaping how markets should think about the […]
I work for our staff not the other way round: The culture within a great organisation – NEBA
Article by John Beverley, Head of International at TEAM plc When international advisers ask me ‘Why do people stay at NEBA?’, I can give so many reasons. It is not because we have the best systems on the planet, although our systems are good. It is not because we have the widest global reach, although […]
What High-Net-Worth Investors Should Expect Going into 2026
By Roelof Stellingwerff If the past few years have taught high-net-worth investors anything, it’s this: stability can no longer be assumed. Related service: Global Investments Markets have remained resilient in places, but the foundations underneath them have changed. Politics, regulation, tax policy, and geopolitics now influence personal wealth decisions just as much as performance charts […]