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Pensions or Property?💸 abrdn's Savings Ladder Index reveals that nearly half (48%) of the UK population think property is a better long-term investment strategy than a pension, with only one in six people (16%) thinking pensions are a better investment option. How can we grow a savings and investing culture to match the UK's enthusiasm for property? Read our proposals here: https://ow.ly/9Lot50SCnyp

Duncan Moir, Senior Investment Manager, Alternatives, recently spoke at the FIA, Inc. International Derivatives Expo in London to discuss applications for tokenisation in collateral management. Duncan shared his optimism for blockchain technology, and highlighted abrdn’s early exploration into tokenised access to money market funds. Read a summary article of the discussion here: https://ow.ly/seIg50SzLb0

The latest market round-up from our Investment Analyst, Thomas Watts, is available here 👉https://ow.ly/cbOX50SAm17 With Keir Starmer in No.10 and a hung parliament across the Channel in France, the week could have started with a bang for financial markets… or should that be a pop? From Carlsberg’s strategic move to acquire British beverage giant Britvic, to the fizzling hopes of UK rate cuts – Tom serves up a fresh pour of insights in his latest round-up. Explore key takeaways from an eventful week and find out what the future may hold for Europe as the ECB prepares to makes its latest decision on interest rates this Thursday. #abrdnMarketroundup #FinanceUpdate #MarketTrends

From elections and water bills to housebuilding and dollar strength – throughout the week our abrdn voices have been continuing to offer their insights and expertise on a range of key topics. Here is some of our best commentary over the past seven days:    🗣️Alex Everett, CFA, Investment Manager, was quoted in The New York Times for his comment on the French election. https://ow.ly/faet50Szzox   🗣️Nalaka De Silva, Head of Private Market Solutions, was picked up in Reuters speaking about investor sentiment in the water industry amid key regulatory announcements on Thursday, https://ow.ly/XYA450Szz6k, while his comments on the UK's proposed National Wealth Fund appeared in FT Adviser. https://ow.ly/30It50SzIz1   🗣️James Dunne, Head of Operational Real Estate, was featured in The Independent and the Evening Standard, among others, discussing the new Labour government's housebuilding plans. https://ow.ly/e9aI50Szz9k   🗣️Luke Bartholomew, Deputy Chief Economist, appeared in Investment Week and The Sun for his outlook on UK inflation. https://ow.ly/iZAk50SzzGx   🗣️Ray Sharma-Ong appeared on Bloomberg TV to discuss the impact of US dollar strength on Asian equities (His interview was featured at 49:50 – 56:30). https://ow.ly/xmaB50SAgUs   🗣️Jonathan Mondillo, Head of North American Fixed Income, joined Yahoo Finance TV ‘Catalysts' to discuss the bond market outlook after the latest CPI data. https://ow.ly/8ozw50SAko0   Stay tuned and remember to follow us for more updates.   You can also read more from abrdn on our news and insights hub: https://ow.ly/OtAG50SAl7c 🗞️📲

Pruksa Iamthongthong and James Thom shared their thoughts from a trip to Shanghai, Shenzhen, Fujian and Hong Kong recently, at the same time checking the pulse on the ground and uncover new ideas. Watch the full video to find out more. Discover our full spectrum of investment capabilities across equities, multi-asset and fixed income: https://ow.ly/FrmR50Szlkx Investment involves risk. #abrdnInvestments

abrdn's Savings Ladder Index reveals that the bottom half (51%) of UK investors by value hold far less collectively than the top 5% of investors, while the top 5% of people with the most investments hold almost half (47%) of all investment wealth in the UK. Find out more about the UK's savings and investment gap here: https://ow.ly/3MBh50SxQrt

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abrdn’s new Savings Ladder Index reveals that 44% of UK adults could have poor financial literacy. Learn more about our findings and our proposals to improve the nation’s financial understanding: https://ow.ly/MvGy50SvhWZ #SavingsLadder #Investing #Pensions

abrdn and The University of Edinburgh today announced a pioneering project that will seek to harness generative AI to support our investment research process. With the research taking place at the abrdn-funded Centre for Investing Innovation, the project aims to create a generative AI-powered research companion, which will combine an enhanced large language model with statistical inference to support abrdn’s investment teams. Echo Yang, CFA, Investment Director at abrdn and the project co-lead, commented: “AI has the power to make a substantial contribution to our existing investment processes but like any new technology it has to be harnessed correctly to deliver real benefits. By working with the University of Edinburgh’s world-class team we can bring the best academic insight, and match that with abrdn’s real-world experience of markets and investing.” Learn more about the project: https://ow.ly/RJw050Suth5 #Research #GenerativeAI #Investment

Last week, we supported our Powerful Partners, MyBnk to bring financial education to life as part of this year’s Step Up Expo through their gamified approach to financial education ‘Money Olympics’. Over two days, more than 5,000 teenagers had the opportunity to improve their financial literacy while competing in interactive, educational games and exploring career pathways. Sarah Moody, Chair of the abrdn Charitable Foundation who attended the event, commented: "Financial literacy is more than just numbers. It's about providing people with the knowledge of how to budget, save and invest for the future. It was great to come along and visit the MyBnk stand and see this in action in such an innovative way" Learn more about the event and our partnership with MyBnk: https://ow.ly/lURs50StAVL #FinancialLiteracy #Partnerships #Charity