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The cult of personality in fund management is relatively new. The people managing our assets historically were hidden in the back rooms of big investment firms, subservient to the star dealmakers and traders. Perhaps inevitably in an age of celebrity, those who put up the best performances emerged from the shadows essentially as a marketing … Read more
The remarkable aspect of the NSF bid was the conviction by its architect, John van Kuffeler that the Provvy deal was in the bag A great shortcoming of weak-kneed big battalion shareholders has been the failure to come together to defeat bad decisions by companies in which they invest. That is changing. The revolt by … Read more
JEFF PRESTRIDGE: End this attack on the finances of the nation’s middle classes By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 21:15 GMT, 13 April 2019 | Updated: 11:38 GMT, 14 April 2019 Although I normally have little time for the pontifications of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, its latest report on … Read more
HAMISH MCRAE: The jobs boom must work for all with the playing field evened out By Hamish Mcrae, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:27 BST, 13 April 2019 | Updated: 10:40 BST, 14 April 2019 How do we create so many jobs? Last week, the US recorded the lowest unemployment in nearly 50 years, since … Read more
Businesses are outraged over the six months of fresh Brexit purgatory to which they are condemned, but there are some problems that are even more difficult than extricating ourselves from the EU. Climate change, to name one. It used to be left to the lentil-munchers, but it has gone mainstream in the financial world as … Read more
It often begins at a young age with a sit-down one April with a parent or relative, telling you to pick a horse out of a 40-strong Grand National field that they’ll place a small wager on for you. You’ll pick by humorous name or colourful outfit – and it’s all in good jest. As … Read more
The message from the IMF meeting in Washington this week is that the world economy is in a precarious position. Brexit is just one instance of a wider uncertainty as the long-established rules of the game, in particular a belief in free trade, are being ripped up. The idea that a US President would threaten … Read more