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  • Exclusive: Real estate and crypto top list of UK investors’ alternative asset picks

    Real estate and crypto top list of UK investors' alternative asset picks

    In the current climate of low interest rates and high valuations, UK investors are looking for new ways to get returns in less liquid areas that are relatively cushioned from yo-yoing equity and bond markets. This mood music has pushed almost half (43 per cent) of UK investors to consider alternative assets to make their [...]

  • Surging DeFi adoption driven by experienced traders

    New data from Chainalysis has revealed that DeFi adoption is being driven by experienced traders looking for new high value opportunities. The company’s Global DeFi Adoption Index found that high-income countries were leading the way for grassroots DeFi adoption. The US topped the index with China and the UK also making it into the top [...]

  • Pandemic crackdown: Serious Fraud Office reports hit highest level in four years

    The number of fraud reports made to the Serious Fraud Office jumped to its highest level in four years during the pandemic. Fraud reports increased to 998 in the twelve months up to the end of March, a 13 per cent increase from last year’s 882 reports, according to Confirmation, part of Thomas Reuters. The [...]

  • Will ESG turn Bitcoin into a digital ‘stranded asset’ or monetary MySpace? (Part II)

    April 13, 2021

    In this second instalment of a two-part piece, Ben Ashby, Derek Usher and Gerard Fox explain why environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors will undermine Bitcoin’s eye-catching rise, here focusing on the ‘S’ and ‘G’. We at Good Governance Capital (GGC) are enormously enthusiastic and supportive of innovation and competition in finance. As former mainstream [...]

  • Jet2 raises £422m in fresh cash despite travel restrictions

    February 12, 2021

    British holiday company Jet2 said this morning that it has raised £422m through a new share issue to bolster the company’s finances amid sustained restricted travel. Equal to 20 per cent of its share capital prior to the fundraise, the fundraiser comprised of over 35m placing shares and subscriptions for nearly 600,000 retail shares. “The [...]

  • Revolut expands business offering with digital payments service

    December 4, 2020

    Challenger bank Revolut is bolstering its business offering as it moves into merchant acquiring allowing businesses to accept online card payments. Revolut’s chief executive Nik Storonsky announced, at this year’s Web Summit, that its business segment had launched an acquiring solution, which will allow businesses in 13 European countries to accept card payments online directly [...]

  • Accountancy and finance teams must learn to embrace analytics

    September 29, 2020

    The global pandemic has cast a new light on priorities across many different industries.  Suddenly, the most important asset a pub can have is a large open garden. Low wooden beams and small rooms seem dangerous rather than charming and characterful.  Public transport systems that offered efficient mass transit across cities are being shunned by [...]

  • Covid-19 could be the largest insured loss in history. How can the insurance industry adapt?

    September 1, 2020

    Covid-19 has us all living through a live, catastrophic event. It is dramatic but makes the non-life insurance world a fascinating place to be. There will be significant insured losses from Covid-19 with obvious examples of the Olympics being postponed, Wimbledon and other sporting events being cancelled, and hundreds of thousands of travel insurance claims [...]

  • DEBATE: Is now the time for the UK to trial a temporary Universal Basic Income?

    March 18, 2020

    Is now the time for the UK to trial a temporary Universal Basic Income? YES, says Julian Jessop, an economics fellow at the Institute of Economic Affairs. In normal times, cash payments regardless of individual need would be too expensive, poorly targeted, and distortionary. It is therefore right to use existing means-tested benefits (notably universal [...]

  • Britain must become a leader in financial education

    January 9, 2020

    The UK has one of the most thriving and competitive finance industries in the world — a fact that is often overlooked by the public.  We know that the financial services industry is battling to improve levels of trust and engagement on the back of a series of scandals and public apathy. Yet, strong personal [...]

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