By: Harriet Green

I am City A.M.'s deputy business features editor. I look after the Entrepreneurs page, Alternative Finance and our Office Politics section. I also help out with the Forum, running our daily debate. I have a special interest in distributed ledger technology. Prior to working at City A.M., I ran a social enterprise.

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As China fears spark a global market rout, is the country the greatest risk to the world economy in 2016?

January 5, 2016

Rebecca O’Keeffe, head of investment at Interactive Investor, says YES. You only have to look at the reaction to yesterday’s disappointing data and subsequent global stock market rout to appreciate just how important China has become to international investors. While the US economy is still much larger, relative growth rates mean that China is actually [...]
Prestigious brands suffer falling sales in China – but luxury hasn’t lost its lustre just yet

November 19, 2015

Fom Hermes handbags and Tiffany jewellery, to Moet champagne and Hennessy cognac, luxury companies have had a storming run on the stock markets since the turn of the millennium. Alongside high-end brands with very exclusive products, the luxury sector also includes names considered commonplace in the West, such as Nike, L’Oreal and Swatch – which [...]
Fintech Lookahead 2016: The disruptors you should be looking out for

November 19, 2015

What can we expect to see from the fintech industry over the coming year? And what kinds of companies are leading the charge? In its 2015 Global Banking Annual Review, McKinsey said that “banks are under attack from new technology companies and others seeking to poach their customers. To date, banks’ losses to attackers have [...]
Locked & loaded: Is buying a gun a good investment?

November 19, 2015

Is a gun a good investment? “Only if it’s in tip-top condition,” says Giles Marriott, who runs the eponymous family dealer business. “The condition needs to be impeccable, and it must be from one of the best makers. Take a bet on a second-rate gun, and you’re playing a dangerous game.” If you know what [...]
What will secondary markets look like in crowdfunding and P2P? And what should investors be thinking about?

November 19, 2015

Imagine you’d loaned money to a company via a debt-based crowdfunding platform. The term of the loan was 10 years, but after five, despite earning a decent return on it, you decide you want the original loan amount back. This is where a secondary market comes in, allowing you to sell your previously issued security [...]
How the NSA’s scaring businesses away from the cloud

November 5, 2015

Last year Edward Snowden’s revelations on the US’s surveillance programmes shook public trust in the internet across the world. Now, 88 per cent of businesses are fundamentally rethinking the cloud, and their cloud buying behaviour, according to a new survey of ICT decision makers by NTT Communications. The revelations focused on the National Security Agency’s [...]
How to pick the perfect pooch equity crowdfunding investment – and recognise the dogs

October 22, 2015

How often have you heard “experienced” investors say they only expect to find one successful investment in 10? It doesn’t sound like very good odds, and is in fact misleading. Adopting a shotgun approach isn’t investing, it’s lazy guessing. We can all apply some sensible common sense to try to separate the “wheat from the [...]
Why it’s high time we made private equity less private

October 22, 2015

The alternative finance revolution is making waves. There’s been much talk about how it is challenging the banks. Now its impact on the investment world is starting to gather momentum. Private equity and venture capital were once the preserve of the ultra wealthy. But I believe that it is the right time to shake up [...]
No big deal: Why there’s no need to worry about the failure of a crowdfunded company

October 22, 2015

Equity platform Syndicate Room has had its first fail: Soshi Games, which fundraised in January 2014 on the platform and pulled in £285,000 from investors, has now closed down. The first failure on an equity platform – the fair trade soap manufacturer Bubble & Balm, which raised £75,000 in 2011 via Crowdcube, went bust in [...]
Head of P2P Finance Association: Why investors shouldn’t worry about platforms failing

October 19, 2015

We know how important it is, in a new market like peer-to-peer lending, that consumers feel confident they are giving their money to honest and trustworthy players. That’s why the Peer-to-Peer Finance Association (P2PFA) has put so much effort into ensuring that the UK benefits from a sound regulatory regime for P2P lending. There has [...]

Non-doms are descending on Milan – and getting a divorce

Premier League boom ‘masking’ English football’s financial woes, says BDO

Leapmotor B10 review: Electric SUV majors on value for money

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