Musk calls for the US government to scrap EV subsidies December 7, 2021 Celebrity entrepreneur Elon Musk has called out a proposed $2tn (£1.5tn) spending package to support electric vehicles as unnecessary.
Why personal reputation lies at the heart of our responsibilities as business professionals November 26, 2021 Individuals should seek to uphold the highest of ethical standards, and in so doing safeguard not only their own reputation but that of their organisation. Unethical behaviour has been at the root of recent scandals involving both individuals and corporations. A clear principle is that leadership and good habits are about taking personal responsibility. If [...]
Stop patching – start rewriting: modernising tax administration November 25, 2021 An unsuspecting taxpayer might assume that the Taxes Management Act 1970 (TMA) would tell them all they need to know about complying with their tax obligations – and HMRC’s powers to enforce that compliance. However, they would be disappointed. What is wrong with TMA? Since 1970 there have been major upheavals in the rules for [...]
Why consistency matters November 24, 2021 Despite an eventful decade that has proved unsettling for markets, The Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust has consistently outperformed its benchmark by looking through the noise and sticking to its tried and tested investment process. In this article, Neil Hermon, Portfolio Manager of the Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust, explores moments that have defined the [...]
Long-awaited Bitcoin upgrade goes live as miners keep stashing BTC November 22, 2021 Data from CryptoCompare shows that the price of Bitcoin dropped from around $66,000 to a $57,000 low throughout last week.
Bitcoin is bigger than the Swiss Franc – is it time to consider crypto in your portfolio? November 10, 2021 As Bitcoin becomes bigger than the Swiss Franc, Gavin Brown asks 'is it time to consider crypto in your portfolio?'
If billionaires can decide to pay tax with a Twitter poll, something is badly wrong November 10, 2021 There’s something darkly amusing about one of the richest men in the world using Twitter to poll his 60 million followers about whether he should pay tax. It wasn’t just the flippant way Tesla’s Elon Musk (@edgeLorde) asked his followers to vote on whether he should sell $21bn of stock and in doing so pay [...]
Musk asks Twitter if he should sell 10 per cent of his Tesla stock, worth $21bn November 7, 2021 Celebrity entrepreneur and the world’s richest person Elon Musk has allowed his online followers to decide whether or not he will pay taxes. Yesterday the billionaire opened up a poll to his 62.5m Twitter followers and asked them to decide whether he should sell off ten per cent of his Tesla stock, a move that [...]
Scotland says, who needs oil and gas when you have whisky? November 2, 2021 As world leaders and conservationists continue to put more pressure on the use and extraction of fossil fuels to preserve the planet and combat global warming Scotland moves investors swiftly away from this sector to one of its oldest and most prized exports, whisky: Yes, you read correctly whisky, and what’s more surprising is scotch [...]
Five reasons why energy transition stocks can weather the inflation storm November 1, 2021 The current inflationary pressures putting strain on global equity markets are impacting energy transition equities more than most, with many of its sub-sectors right in the eye of the storm. But while these short-term threats are painful, they should not detract from the longer-term investment opportunity. Inflationary pressures have been at the heart of this disruption. Global supply [...]