How to fund your Executive MBA – tips from top business schools March 23, 2016 Students starting London Business School’s Executive MBA (or EMBA) this year will pay £72,795 to take the part-time course. Given that it’s one of the world’s leading providers of executive education, this is not abnormal (the EMBAs of most top UK schools range from £50,000 to £75,000 for full or part-time courses) – but it’s also [...]
Advent International builds $13bn global private equity warchest in six months for buyouts, recapitalisations and growth equity transactions March 23, 2016 Advent International has raised $13bn (£9.2bn) for a new global private equity fund in six months. The new fund, Advent International GPE VIII, will invest in buyouts, recapitalisations and growth equity transactions. It will primarily focus on Europe and North America but also selectively in Asia and Latin America. Read more: Private investment funds raise more than $500bn [...]
Google’s Android Pay is coming to the UK, letting you pay with mobile on the Tube and across the high street, including Pret, Starbucks, Waitrose and more March 23, 2016 Users of Android will soon be able to use their smartphone to pay for items and even travel to work, as Google prepares to launch Android Pay in the UK following hot on the heels of Apple Pay. Google said it will roll out "in the coming months" with the backing of Britain's biggest banks, but did not [...]
From cuts to capital gains tax to a review of the “salary sacrifice” scheme: Here’s what you missed from Budget 2016 March 23, 2016 Eye-catching schemes like the sugar tax, the lifetime Isa and cuts to corporation tax may have grabbed the headlines following last week’s Budget. But a number of the Treasury’s other announcements could impact directly on employees, savers and investors. Here’s a run-down of the best of the rest. REDUCTIONS TO CAPITAL GAINS TAX In two [...]
Fuel success: The tricks that will make you faster at work March 23, 2016 Entrepreneurs and business leaders alike seem to have developed an obsession with boosting their own productivity. From apps to manage our time to installing sleeping pods in offices, we’re all concerned about how to get as much done as possible. This idea of “hacking” productivity, to discover new shortcuts to maximise efficiency, can apply to [...]
From robots in Japan to crashing sentiment in Latin America, what are the risks and opportunities for investors this year? March 23, 2016 Every year, we ask our credit and equity analysts at Fidelity International about the health, growth prospects, and challenges facing the companies they research worldwide. The results of our 2016 Analyst Survey are in, showing a maturing cycle in which growth is becoming scarcer. For investors, this means understanding who will be the winners and [...]
Passive investors are on the rise, according to new research into Sipps and Isas March 22, 2016 There has been a rise in passive investors in the current tax year, according to new research into self-invested personal pensions (Sipps) and Isas. Interactive Investor said that among its clients passives make up three of the five most popular funds in Sipps. Meanwhile, the online investment service said the top five Isa collectives held are all [...]
The Investment Association reveals productivity plan aimed at bolstering the UK economy through long-term investment March 22, 2016 The Investment Association has today unveiled its plans to boost the UK's productivity through long-term investment. Among the Productivity Action Plan's key areas of focus for removing barriers to long-term investment are improving investor engagement, enhancing company reporting to better show to what extent firms are contributing to the economy and contributing more to the debate on tax [...]
The fear factor: How to ensure it never grips your business March 22, 2016 The US Air Force realised a few years ago that over 20 per cent of the nuclear missile officers at Malmstrom Air Force Base cheated on their certification exam. Many other officers knew about the problem, but didn’t report it due to a culture of fear that convinced them they had to get perfect test [...]
Why the VIX fear index is clearly the wrong price March 22, 2016 Phew! The panic is over. Global markets are back and the flap that culminated in the second week of February is a dim and distant memory. So what have we learnt from the huge and unprecedented volatility of the first three months of 2016? I fear, not a lot. Don’t get me wrong. I have no [...]
