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Starmer Won’t Touch This Tax Break on Gilts

There are several extraordinary things about the UK election campaign. There is the insistence from those who will soon be in power that they will not...

21.06.2024 10

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Can Small Nukes Power a Greener UK Future?

Both big political parties in the UK intend to decarbonize the electricity grid. The Tories say they will do it by 2035; Labour says it will by 2030....

12.06.2024 10

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How the UK State Pension Will Bankrupt the State

In an aging nation, you might as well appeal to old people if you want to win an election (or not lose it as badly as most people think you will)....

29.05.2024 9

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Warning Signs for UK Student-Housing Builders

Want to invest in a property company trading at a 28% discount to its net asset value, operating in a market with virtually guaranteed growth,...

28.05.2024 20

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How You Can Protect Your Assets From a Labour Government

If the polls are even vaguely correct, Britons will vote for change in six weeks. The UK will have a Labour government a few months sooner than most...

24.05.2024 20

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Student Divestment Victories Feel Good But Do Little

Trinity College Dublin last week agreed, under pressure from pro-Palestine students, to divest from three Israeli companies and to “endeavor”...

17.05.2024 40

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Gen Z Can Teach Asset Managers a Thing or Two

Imagine you’re an investment pro at one of the UK’s big asset managers. You’ve been doing this for 20 years, made many hundreds of company...

11.05.2024 50

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Are British CEOs Paid Too Little? Wrong Question

A few years ago, finance professor Alex Edmans heard a witness speaking to the UK’s Select Committee on Business refer to a piece of research on CEO...

03.05.2024 10

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Don't Leave Your Family a Nightmare When You Die

You might die sooner than you think. That’s particularly the case if the government’s ill-advised lockdown drove you to drink. Alcohol-related...

29.04.2024 10

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You Get a Summer House, I Get a Summer House

The UK is in the grip of a nasty housing crisis. House price-to-earnings multiples are still near record highs — and not coming down in a hurry. The...

19.04.2024 6

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The Way the UK Taxes Property Makes No Sense

If you’d checked the betting sites last week for the odds on Labour deputy leader Angela Raynor becoming the next party leader, things would have...

11.04.2024 7

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Central Banks Are the Newest HODLers of Gold

A few weeks ago, when the gold price hit a record high, no one besides a few gold bugs seemed to care. Bitcoin also hit a record high. Everyone cared....

07.04.2024 8

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How You Can Avoid Getting Lost in the Land of the Titans

In the beginning, fund managers didn’t worry about competition. In those happier times, the first big collective vehicles aimed at retail investors...

04.04.2024 3

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UK Housing Market Can’t Be Hostage to Big Builders

Is your house too small for you? If the answer is yes, there is a very good chance that you live in Britain. A survey by UK retailer Furniture Village...

28.03.2024 7

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If You’re an AI Bull, Keep an Eye on Uranium

AI can do anything. It’s going to transform the global economy. It’s going to give us the productivity boom we have awaited for so long – and in...

20.03.2024 8

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When Your Money Becomes Everyone’s Money

How does a country deal with having too much debt? The most desperate call the International Monetary Fund and speak very, very nicely to whomever...

08.03.2024 50

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Seniors Sit on the Answer to the UK Housing Shortage

The UK never stops feeling stressed about housing. But things feel worse than usual at the moment — so much so that Housing Secretary Michael Gove...

26.02.2024 6

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Brits’ Much-Loved ISAs Don't Work for Britain

If you want to save or invest tax-free in the UK, you’re in luck. You can shovel cash into a Self Invested Personal Pension (SIPP) wrapper (tax-free...

14.02.2024 20

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ESG and DEI Policies Were Always Luxury Goods

Rising interest rates don’t do their job immediately. Far from it. Central bankers generally agree that it takes some 12 to 18 months to really see...

29.01.2024 10

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The Rich Don’t Need to Beg for More Tax. They Can Just Pay It.

Last week at Davos, a group of self-declared rich people demanded that elected politicians force them to pay more tax. The “patriotic...

25.01.2024 10

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Everyone Seems to Want Uranium Right Now

A product has just gone up in price by 90% in 12 months. It now costs more than is has in 16 years. Most people would think twice about diving into a...

19.01.2024 10

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The UK Makes Investing in Its Own Markets Too Expensive

What’s the first thing you think about when you are looking for an investment fund? For most people, it’s price. There isn’t much you can...

16.01.2024 5

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The FTSE 100 Hasn't Been All Bad for Investors

Ask your satnav to take you from Edinburgh to Wiltshire, and it produces a small surprise: Toll roads required. The route doesn’t take you through...

03.01.2024 8

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How Much Damage Have Central Bankers Done? A Lot.

What’s Christmas without a fight about money, a lunch-table villain and a really good book? For those who haven’t yet finished their present...

22.12.2023 30

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Shareholder Democracy Is Still Very Complicated!

Go to the website of London LGPS CIV and you will find a pretty worthy-looking organization. The group manages London Local Government Pension Scheme...

15.12.2023 10

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Holding an Index Doesn't Mean Job Done on Investing

You’re young. You’ve got a little money to put away every month. You aren’t madly engaged with markets. But you want to invest for the long term...

11.12.2023 20

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