Exchange traded bonds arrive in retail market February 3, 2010 FOR investors wanting to diversify their investments, bonds have always been an attractive option. However, until now retail investors who manage their own portfolio would have found it difficult to try and buy UK bonds. Earlier this week, though, the London Stock Exchange launched an electronic retail bond-trading platform, and for the first time investors [...]
INVESTORS FLOCKING TO SAFE HAVENS February 3, 2010 SENTIMENT in the foreign exchange market has changed dramatically over the past week as investors increasingly question whether the strong performance of risk assets in 2009 can be sustained in 2010. Monetary policy tightening in both China and India have made investors much more wary. As Greece’s debt problems have come to the fore in [...]
CAREERS CLINIC February 3, 2010 I’ve been with my company four years, and have recently been passed over for a significant promotion I thought I’d get. I’m disappointed and surprised, and don’t feel the company have seen the best of me. What can I do? THE very first thing you need to do is find out why you haven’t been [...]
Terry refusing to cave in to pressure as Capello aide Pearce slams witch-hunt February 3, 2010 EMBATTLED England captain John Terry has received a ringing endorsement from the national coaching set-up as manager Fabio Capello ponders whether to strip him of the armband. Terry has so far resisted huge pressure to relinquish the honour following tabloid allegations that he had an affair with the ex-girlfriend of England colleague and former Chelsea [...]
Defoe’s got it licked for Spurs February 3, 2010 JERMAIN DEFOE rediscovered his scoring touch with a stunning hat-trick as Tottenham finally saw off FA Cup giant-killers Leeds at Elland Road. Defoe had scored just once in five games before last night but ruthlessly cut through Leeds with a clinical treble to take his goal tally for the season to 20 and earn his [...]
The A-Team meets James Bond in this gung-ho mercenary adventure February 3, 2010 FIRE FORCE BY MATT LYNN Headline, £12.99 by Jeremy Hazlehurst YOU’VE got to hand it to Matt Lynn, he can certainly write a first line. “Until you’ve sat down to a game of poker inside Africa’s most brutal jail, you don’t really know what it’s like to sweat,” begins his second novel. No man, surely, [...]
Greening strikes as Roy cheers the joy of six February 3, 2010 JONATHAN GREENING fired his first goal for Fulham to end their five-match losing streak and heap more misery on cash-strapped Portsmouth. The former West Brom midfielder lashed home the winner from Damien Duff’s 74th minute cross after new signing Stefano Okaka had missed a first-half sitter. The result was a little harsh on Avram Grant’s [...]
Boss Johnson turning to a happy Easter February 3, 2010 NICK EASTER believes Martin Johnson’s England training camp is the best he’s been involved in as his side prepare for the visit of Wales in their Six Nations opener. The Harlequins star missed the autumn internationals with a calf injury but reclaims the No8 shirt on Saturday when his natural leadership qualities will be vital [...]
Time is right for Allan to make return February 3, 2010 LOSING Ottis Gibson as bowling coach was a huge blow for Andy Flower and his England coaching team. He was highly-respected in the ranks, especially among the seamers, and it’s credit to him that the likes of Stuart Broad and James Anderson are now recognised among the world’s elite. But it is because of his [...]
OUT OF OFFICE February 3, 2010 THE POWER OF YES AT THE NATIONAL It’s been somewhat overshadowed by Enron, Lucy Prebble’s story of Enron’s collapse. But Hare’s breaking news-style drama is a brilliant, intense and eminently watchable explanation of the credit crunch’s origins. There’s a Hare character as narrator trying to make sense of things, with the help of a young [...]
