WeWork and the Voodoo Economics of Silicon Valley
Almost every day in my email inbox arrive offering memoranda for new high yield bond issues. Mostly, these come from investment banks that are seeking to arrange financing…
By Stephen Baines
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Is Big Brother watching and telling you how to vote?
“Knowledge is power,” the saying goes. Following the revelations about the amount of personal information Facebook has collected on its users, perhaps that should…
By Paul Beadle
RWC’s Keeling: Why these ‘guardians of scarce resources’ could increase many-fold
Platinum miners are one of the most attractive opportunities across global equity markets in 2018, according to Louise Keeling, head of…
5 investment ideas to celebrate Earth Day 2018
Legg Mason, Inc., the global asset management firm, has $159 billion of total long-term AUM (as of March 31, 2017) invested in Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) products and strategies. To…
Pensionless Brits worry they will never be able to fully retire
Millions of Brits may have to live off the basic state pension when they retire while others face the prospect of never…
S&W’s Thomas Wells: Today’s data will raise questions as to why policymakers are so eager to raise rates
UK inflation has eased from…
By Thomas Wells
MiFID II takes away US’ edge in ETFs
MiFID II, the package of comprehensive Europe-wide rules designed to strengthen protection for investors and improve transparency, was formerly enacted at the beginning of 2018, in a move which should…
By Hector McNeil
MRM promotes Briffitt to Senior Consultant
MRM, the multi-disciplined financial services specialist consultancy, has promoted Tom Briffitt to the role of Senior Consultant as it continues to grow and develop its consumer finance division. Briffitt has eight…
RWC’s Rumble – European companies may look to M&A as record low rates come to an end
European markets could experience a boom in M&A over the…
Kames Capital: No bubble in African debt markets as investors search for yield
African debt markets continue to offer investors an attractive alternative source of yield, despite a significant issuance programme in…
Trump’s tariffs: Is the worst over for markets?
Markets have been through another tough period in March following the war of words between US president Donald Trump and China, with a potential trade war…
By Nick Paler
Golden Charter reacts to Funeral Planning Authority statistics
Following news from the Funeral Planning Authority that funeral plan sales dropped slightly in 2017 as the industry reviews the sales practices of third parties, Golden Charter CEO…
