Enron scandal boss Jeffrey Skilling eyes new energy venture after release from prison March 25, 2019 Former Enron chief executive Jeffrey Skilling is looking for investors for his new energy venture, just weeks after his release from prison. Skilling has been meeting with former Enron executives in a bid to find backers for a new digital platform that would connect investors to oil and gas projects, the Wall Street Journal reported. [...]
Britain leads falling European stock markets as US recession risk grows March 25, 2019 European stocks fell today, with Britain's leading the drop, while US equities were volatile as investors weighed up global economic headwinds and recession fears. The US’s S&P 500 was down 0.4 per cent soon after opening at 1.30 pm UK time, but rebounded to rise 0.3 per cent for the day, while the Dow Jones [...]
Cutting the ‘Hemline Index’ down to size March 25, 2019 | City Talk Created by economist George Taylor just three years ahead of the 1929 Wall Street Crash, his theory of the on the so-called ‘Hemline Index’ holds that when share prices go up, so do hemlines. By the same token, during tougher economic periods, skirts and dresses get longer. The original thinking seems to have run that, [...]
FTSE 100 falls as markets fear slowing global economy March 25, 2019 The FTSE 100 fell this morning as European stocks followed Asia’s lead and dropped amid global economic headwinds and fears of a US recession. FTSE fell 0.5 per cent soon after opening, shedding 36 points, while the German Dax exchange opened down 0.4 per cent from its previous closing level despite later trimming its losses to become level after [...]
Asian stocks slump amid fears of global economic slowdown March 25, 2019 Fears of a global economic slowdown took its toll on Asian markets overnight, as stocks slumped amid growing investor caution. Read more: Fed slows balance sheet reduction and holds line on rates Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 index tumbled 3.1 per cent, as trading opened on Monday after a week of unrest across global markets. Hong [...]
Massive data dump will help North Sea explorers squeeze the last of Britain’s oil from the basin March 25, 2019 The UK’S Oil and Gas Authority has released one of the largest open data sets in history as it tries to encourage explorers to squeeze the last barrels out of the North Sea. The 130 terabyte release, equivalent to around eight years of video, includes information on wells, oil fields, and infrastructure, as well as [...]
Maven Capital Partners closes management buyout fund at £100m March 25, 2019 Maven Capital Partners has closed its debut management buyout fund at £100m, the Glasgow-headquartered private equity management firm announced today. The fund, which was backed by Scotland’s national economic development agency Scottish Enterprise, targets management buyout opportunities in UK companies with an enterprise value of £10m to £40m, making investments of between £5m and £15m [...]
KPMG downgrades UK economic growth forecast for 2019 due to Brexit March 25, 2019 Audit firm KPMG has downgraded its short term expectations for the UK economy due to the lack of clarity around Brexit and global headwinds. The firm forecasts that the UK economy will expand by 1.2 per cent in 2019, assuming that a Brexit deal is reached. The predictions are included in KPMG’s latest quarterly Economic [...]
Omers launches €300m European venture capital fund March 25, 2019 Canadian pension fund Omers has launched a €300m (£257m) European venture fund based in London in a vote of confidence in the continent despite Brexit uncertainty. Omers Ventures, which has previously backed e-commerce platform Shopify and flight-booking app Hopper, plans to target the rise in start-up activity across Europe. Read more: Women-led startups win under [...]
Nick Clegg hits back after miner ENRC tried to pull him into legal battle March 24, 2019 Former deputy prime minister Nick Clegg has hit back at allegations he requested information on a company which later became a client of his wife’s law firm. Lawyers for Clegg, who led the Liberal Democrats during the last coalition government, said the allegations from miner Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation (ENRC) were not backed up by facts, [...]