Good vs. bad active fund management: three indicators April 21, 2020 | City Talk Do you ever wonder whether your active fund is worth the management and performance fees you charge? Would passive investments have yielded similar or better outcomes for your clients? If you haven’t asked yourself these questions, you can be sure your clients have asked themselves. And they will continue to, measuring what you deliver with [...]
UK coronavirus death toll rises to 16,509 April 20, 2020 The UK coronavirus death toll has hit 16,509 after a further 449 people were confirmed to have died in hospital after testing positive for Covid-19. The figure, which includes deaths as of 5pm yesterday, is the lowest daily increase in deaths for two weeks. However the number of reported hospital fatalities is often lower on [...]
Suvi Chi’s tips for women to get ahead in the City April 20, 2020 | Sponsored Suvi Chi, the founder of Koa Collective that supports people on furlough and are looking for their next job or sabbatical, believes finding the right managers to work with is key for women to progress their career. The half-American half-Finnish straight-talking 34-year-old has had a far from straight forward career, never being afraid to leave [...]
Coronavirus: A lockdown exit strategy to save the economy April 20, 2020 | Sponsored Releasing people aged 20-30 years-old who no longer live with their parents could provide the first step out of lockdown in the UK, researchers suggest. The strategy could help policymakers to balance the health risks associated with COVID-19 and the need to avoid an “extraordinary recession”. The UK is currently locked down in an attempt [...]
Coronavirus: What firms will survive the pandemic? April 20, 2020 | Sponsored The coronavirus outbreak has created clear winners in businesses such as Amazon, Facebook, Netflix, Google and Apple, and losers such as Uber, Airbnb, and WeWork. The vast majority of industries are losers as they are effectively shut by the lockdown. Taxi usage has collapsed which means it may be a long time before Uber approaches [...]
US oil price tumbles as coronavirus gloom returns to energy market April 17, 2020 US oil prices have tumbled as doubts set in about the country’s plan to reopen its economy and investors question whether cuts to supply will be enough to meet the plunge in demand caused by the coronavirus pandemic. West Texas Intermediate crude oil – the benchmark for the US market – had fallen 8.2 per [...]
Coronavirus: Gilead drug remdesivir sparks optimism about treatment April 17, 2020 Shares in US pharmaceutical firm Gilead have surged after a report said its drug remdesivir had shown encouraging signs in the treatment of coronavirus in a clinical trial. A University of Chicago hospital that is part of a wider trial of the drug said its patients taking the medicine were rapidly recovering from fever and [...]