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JEFF PRESTRIDGE: From a financial perspective (my area of speciality), Covid has wreaked carnage – but there are signs of hope in battle against virus By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 21:53 GMT, 13 February 2021 | Updated: 21:57 GMT, 13 February 2021 Slowly, but surely, we are turning a corner. We … Read more
JEFF PRESTRIDGE: As we hurtle towards a digital-only world, social media MUST help tackle fraud By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:16 GMT, 6 February 2021 | Updated: 22:41 GMT, 6 February 2021 As we hurtle towards a digital-only world, it’s inevitable fraud will increasingly become financial enemy number one. While pickpockets … Read more
JEFF PRESTRIDGE: As an advocate of investing, it is fantastic that small investors have taken on hedge funds – yet I fear that it could all end in tears By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 21:51 GMT, 30 January 2021 | Updated: 13:18 GMT, 31 January 2021 Hedge fund managers are not … Read more
JEFF PRESTRIDGE: We need entrepreneurs to survive in order to drive economy forward as Covid threat weakens – Chancellor MUST help them By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 21:51 GMT, 16 January 2021 | Updated: 21:51 GMT, 16 January 2021 The big financial story of the moment is the economic destruction resulting … Read more
JEFF PRESTRIDGE: The way LV=’s handsomely paid board has gone about lining up private equity group Bain Capital raises concerns By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 21:53 GMT, 9 January 2021 | Updated: 21:53 GMT, 9 January 2021 Before the year is out, it is likely that one of the country’s largest … Read more
What an awful year we’ve just experienced. Never again I hope. Fear, loss, lockdown, separation from loved ones (Mums and Dads, especially) and economic emasculation on a scale I’ve not witnessed before in my 31 long years as a personal finance editor for a national newspaper. Yes, tough times, awful times, sad times – and … Read more
JEFF PRESTRIDGE: A Brexit deal at last… now let’s focus on the UK’s growth By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:16 GMT, 26 December 2020 | Updated: 23:01 GMT, 26 December 2020 At last, after four and a half years of brinkmanship and tortuous negotiations, we have a post-Brexit trade deal – … Read more
JEFF PRESTRIDGE: City’s regulator Financial Conduct Authority has let down ALL investors – now heads must roll By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 21:51 GMT, 19 December 2020 | Updated: 22:23 GMT, 19 December 2020 Surely, it is time for the Government to launch a review into the workings of the City’s … Read more
JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Savings giant National Savings & Investments must face up to security flaws NOW By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 21:53 GMT, 12 December 2020 | Updated: 23:42 GMT, 12 December 2020 National Savings & Investments has got itself into a terrible pickle in recent months. And it has yet to … Read more
JEFF PRESTRIDGE: Without prompt action, I fear the end of cash as a payment mechanism – and the death of communities nationwide By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 21:52 GMT, 5 December 2020 | Updated: 21:52 GMT, 5 December 2020 How frustrating. A key announcement on recommendations to keep cash alive on … Read more