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Week ending 11th September 2026.

As you can see from the accompanying table, global equity markets were generally lower over the week, with geopolitical developments, rising energy prices, and changing expectations for interest rates weighing on sentiment.

Market update – 16th September 2026

This week, comments from senior AI figures including OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei briefly unsettled AI-related equities, with semiconductor stocks particularly affected. Their comments centred not on bringing AI development to a halt, but on whether the pace of progress should be moderated so that safety measures and oversight can keep up with increasingly capable systems.

UK workers may be risking their retirement by turning to informal and unregulated sources of pension support.

UK employees are seeking support with their pensions, but many are turning to informal or unregulated sources, while others are not taking any action at all, according to new research from financial wellbeing and retirement specialist WEALTH at work.

New research highlights many are worried about affording retirement but aren’t taking action on their pension.

Despite widespread concerns about retirement affordability, many UK workers are failing to actively engage with their pension savings, according to new research from financial wellbeing and retirement specialist WEALTH at work.

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