The venture capitalists with a ‘shared vision to positively impact the world’ January 18, 2024 A group of venture capitalists have launched a £5m fund with the aim to invest in up to 12 businesses in the next 18 months.
The UK needs to swot up if it wants to keep its science startups January 15, 2024 The UK has leading science talent, but it needs more industry savvy investors to stop startups leaving, writes Stuart Grant
Why higher interest rates are ‘the single best economic development’ for investors in the past 20 years January 1, 2024 Real interest rates remaining in positive territory as inflation continues to fall is good news for investors in bonds
The hedge fund problem: Too many billionaires and too few returns for investors December 20, 2023 Hedge funds may be in vogue, but investors would do well to approach them with caution, writes Yogi Dewan
Are dividends under threat at Vodafone, BT and peers? December 12, 2023 Why are dividends looking unsustainable for big telecom companies at a time when connectivity is so important?
‘I fear for my disabled wife’: How Woodford investors have been impacted December 4, 2023 The fallout from former stock picker Neil Woodford’s collapsed investment fund has shaken the investment world and triggered an almighty spat between investor groups and the regulator.
Relief as UK Chancellor Jeremy Hunt extends VCT and EIS sunset clauses November 22, 2023 Chancellor Jeremy Hunt confirmed that the Venture Capital Trusts and Enterprise Investment Scheme sunset clauses would be extended to 2035 as part of today’s Autumn Statement.
Failure to invest could see millions of Brits face financial difficulties, report warns November 6, 2023 Poor understanding and low take-up of long-term investing could find millions of people heading for financial difficulties in later life, new data reveals.
Investing in women could boost UK economy by £250bn, MP to say October 1, 2023 Investing in women at the same rate as men could create £250bn in new value for the UK economy, Harriett Baldwin is set to say. The former City minister and now chair of the Treasury select committee will tell the WVC:E summit that inequality between investment in men and women is unacceptable. Baldwin is expected [...]
Risk aversion is ‘endemic’ in UK, pensions chief warns June 13, 2023 The UK is in the grip of “endemic” risk aversion when it comes to investment, a pensions chief executive has warned yesterday. Tracy Blackwell, chief executive of Pensions Insurance Corporation, said the country needed to embrace the risk of the markets and look to divert capital into more productive areas of the economy. “How we [...]