Music venue named after Edward Colston renamed Bristol Beacon after slave trader’s statue toppled

Music venue named after Edward Colston is renamed the Bristol Beacon after slave trader’s statue was toppled in the town A ceremony was held today to change the ‘toxic’ name of the Colston Hall venue  Bosses maintained attraction in Bristol gets its name from the street it sits on  A statue of Colston was toppled … Read more

Shares are back in fashion but will the new wave of traders turn into investors?

SIMON LAMBERT: Buying shares is back in fashion but will the new wave of traders turn into investors once lockdown and the tech boom fade By Simon Lambert for Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 10:52 BST, 17 September 2020 | Updated: 10:54 BST, 17 September 2020 If you wait long enough most things come back into fashion. The … Read more

Poet discovers he is the descendant of both slaves AND slave traders

A black poet was shocked to learn that he is the descendant of slaves, slave traders, a prime minister and the first black international footballer. Malik Al Nasir, born in 1966 in Toxeth, Liverpool, noticed he looked similar to a black Victorian footballer and went on a 15 year journey into his family history, uncovering … Read more

Three-quarters of unauthorised ‘bedroom traders’ are still operating

Rogue ‘bedroom traders’ ignore watchdog: More than three-quarters are still operating on social media Instagram stars are persuading naive investors to join unregulated groups    They are told the trader is supposedly betting on foreign exchange fluctuations 21 traders added to warning list since start of the year but 16 remain active By Miles Dilworth For … Read more

Beware ‘bedroom traders’ boasting of fortunes made from currency bets

Connor Walsh claims to have it all. A Lamborghini, the freedom of a £3 million mansion and a jet-setting job — all by the age of 25. Standing in front of his indoor swimming pool, he starts to tell his 138,000 Instagram followers how he did it. He struts over to his home bar and … Read more

Bank of America exec berates traders for working from home during coronavirus pandemic

Bank of America Global Head of Equities Fabrizio Gallo made the remarks on March 25 Leaked audio has revealed a Bank of America executive berating traders who planned to work from home during the coronavirus pandemic, in shocking remarks that have been criticized as ‘cold-blooded’. In the March 25 conference call, Bank of America’s Global Head … Read more