J STERN & CO WORLD STARS: The global equity fund seeking quality over quantity By Jeff Prestridge for The Mail on Sunday Published: 22:31 BST, 23 May 2020 | Updated: 22:31 BST, 23 May 2020 Although the Stern family’s connections with banking and the provision of financial services across Europe can be traced back more … Read more
As we emerge tentatively from lockdown, it is difficult to know what the future will look like and which businesses will thrive. So who better to ask than futurists, the experts who make it their business to try to find out? While their exotic job title may conjure up images of tarot cards and crystal … Read more
The anniversary of a dark day for investors approaches. On June 3, 2019, the Woodford Equity Income fund was suspended. The revelation that a supposedly staid fund held so many near-valueless unquoted stocks shocked the thousands of people who had entrusted savings to the manager Neil Woodford. It also caused a wider tremor of unease. … Read more
British Land looks set for coronavirus hit with workplaces closed due to pandemic lockdown By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:06 BST, 22 May 2020 | Updated: 22:06 BST, 22 May 2020 With most white collar employees working from home, commercial landlord Land Securities reported that 90 per cent of its offices were … Read more
When Feedback started trialling its app for doctors at the Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust in December 2019 it could not predict the opportunity arising from the current coronavirus pandemic. Bleepa is a communication tool for healthcare professionals, which allows them to share and discuss medical images and patient cases. It means that chest X-rays … Read more
Savers hit as global dividends could fall by 35%, report warns, but it says US and Asia are where investors have been best protected The best-case scenario for global dividends in 2020 is a 15 per cent drop, based on cuts and suspensions already confirmed, and which accounts for $213billion Banks, discretionary consumer sectors and … Read more
Shares in Galileo Resources have enjoyed a significant boost in recent weeks as the company moved to consolidate its ground position in Zambia, where it holds licences for the Star Zinc and Kashitu projects. Galileo’s chief executive Colin Bird describes those developments more as a ‘mopping up exercise’ than as anything drastically new. A more … Read more
The sporting industry has taken a huge hit thanks to the coronavirus, with the suspension of the Olympics, the NBA season and Euro 2020. Meanwhile, the enforced closure of large gatherings and gyms has put the kibosh on thousands of people’s exercise routines. But star fund manager Terry Smith has not been put off and … Read more
MIDAS SHARE TIPS UPDATE: Begbies Traynor is another insolvency specialist that should benefit from gloom and doom By Joanne Hart, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:55 BST, 16 May 2020 | Updated: 21:55 BST, 16 May 2020 Begbies Traynor is another insolvency specialist that should benefit from the gloom and doom. Focused on small and … Read more
MONKS INVESTMENT TRUST: Invests in global financial, technology and consumer services firms for long-term growth By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 24 January 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 24 January 2020 What is it? Monks was launched in 1929 and has been managed by Baillie Gifford for most of its history. … Read more