ALEX BRUMMER: Funds take the high road over Deliveroo… but they’re not worthy of a sainthood just yet By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 25 March 2021 | Updated: 22:35 GMT, 25 March 2021 Aviva, rapidly followed by Aberdeen Standard, has run up the fashionable environmental, social and governance (ESG) flag … Read more
ALEX BRUMMER: The EU vaccine war has spoiled Pascal Soriot’s triumph at Astrazeneca By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 24 March 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 24 March 2021 AstraZeneca is among the real corporate heroes of the pandemic. Its workforce strained every sinew to bring the Oxford-Jenner Covid vaccine to … Read more
After London Capital & Finance (LCF) and the implosion in the Woodford investment funds, it is smart for the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to get its defences in first. The rise of easy-to-use online social media sites such as Reddit, no-fee trading platform Robin Hood and all sorts of other digital platforms and apps … Read more
One might have thought that after 17 major announcements since lockdown, Rishi Sunak has said everything there is to say about the economy. Not a bit of it. Today sees the launch of Tax Policy & Consultations Day, or TPAC as the accountants call it. The idea is to bring together in one co-ordinated package … Read more
ALEX BRUMMER: What is most disturbing about the Greensill affair is how it slipped through the regulatory net By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 21 March 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 21 March 2021 There is so much in the Greensill-Gupta scandal that is familiar. Gullible politicians including former prime minister … Read more
David Cameron’s personally lobbying on behalf of stricken financial firm Greensill is arrogance of power unbecoming an ex-PM, says ALEX BRUMMER By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 22:59 GMT, 19 March 2021 | Updated: 23:07 GMT, 19 March 2021 The political fallout from the collapse of London-based global finance group Greensill Capital has … Read more
ALEX BRUMMER: Departure of James Anderson (the tech Warren Buffett) from Scottish Mortgage leaves an enormous hole By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 21:57 GMT, 19 March 2021 | Updated: 22:26 GMT, 19 March 2021 Britain has not been short of ‘star’ fund managers in recent decades. Carol Galley at Mercury (now part … Read more
BT dials up better times: After the boardroom shenanigans there is the promise of better to come, says ALEX BRUMMER By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 22:00 GMT, 18 March 2021 | Updated: 22:12 GMT, 18 March 2021 After the boardroom shenanigans at BT, there is the promise of better to come. On … Read more
ALEX BRUMMER: Business Secretary could have added Greensill and GFG to his list of corporate sinners By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 21:50 GMT, 17 March 2021 | Updated: 21:50 GMT, 17 March 2021 Fighting talk from Kwasi Kwarteng on how audit reform is crucial to restoring confidence in business. He charges that … Read more
ALEX BRUMMER: FCA finally shows its mettle by bringing money laundering charges against NatWest By Alex Brummer for the Daily Mail Published: 01:13 GMT, 17 March 2021 | Updated: 01:38 GMT, 17 March 2021 Who would have thought it? The dusty, slow to act, legalistic and over-cautious City regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), daring … Read more