Blocking out the sirens’ call: how to protect your wealth from emotion January 30, 2011 JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES once said that “there’s nothing so dangerous as the pursuit of an rational investment policy in an irrational world”. Despite that advice, every day, people try to construct rational, risk balanced portfolios. And often they fail, instead buying what is fashionable, or panicking when they should be cool-headed. According to Dr Greg Davies, [...]
How the enigmatic Bramson won investors’ trust February 3, 2011 SHAREHOLDERS’ decision to put Sherborne Investors in charge of F&C Asset Management’s board yesterday resolved six months of tension. The question now is whether new chairman Edward Bramson can relieve the uncertainty that has dogged F&C for years. Bramson, who made a rare public appearance at yesterday’s meeting, is an enigmatic figure who has remained [...]
How the enigmatic Bramson won investors’ trust February 3, 2011 SHAREHOLDERS’ decision to put Sherborne Investors in charge of F&C Asset Management’s board yesterday resolved six months of tension. The question now is whether new chairman Edward Bramson can relieve the uncertainty that has dogged F&C for years. Bramson, who made a rare public appearance at yesterday’s meeting, is an enigmatic figure who has remained [...]
Give your career a new year’s boost December 8, 2010 WITH 2011 on the horizon, now is an excellent time to start thinking about adding a new string to your bow. If you are in search of a New Year’s Resolution, you could do worse than choose to study for a professional qualification. Luckily, there are options this January. BPP is launching its MBA next [...]
Spiralling prices are hurting the UK February 15, 2011 TAKE your pick. Is inflation four per cent a year, as the official, consumer price index measure suggests, or 5.1 per cent, as the older, broader retail price index would have you believe? My own favourite measure of how the cost of living is going up is the tax and price index, which has surged [...]
Key dates to watch in 2011 January 6, 2011 JANUARY is traditionally a month of self-imposed austerity and resolutions to do better. Despite a recovering economy, in an environment of high unemployment, rapidly rising prices and a less generous state, keeping one’s finances under better control ought to be topping many 2011 resolution lists. While the VAT rise will be foremost in all of [...]
Flurry of M&A provides Xmas cheer for traders December 13, 2010 BRITISH companies led a whirlwind of buyout deals yesterday, in a sign of emerging confidence in the M&A market ahead of the Christmas break. London-listed household goods group Reckitt Benckiser bagged privately-held personal care company Paras Pharmaceuticals for around $726m (£460m) yesterday, while oil services firm Wellstream finally agreed to be taken over by General [...]
Flurry of M&A provides Xmas cheer for traders December 13, 2010 BRITISH companies led a whirlwind of buyout deals yesterday, in a sign of emerging confidence in the M&A market ahead of the Christmas break. London-listed household goods group Reckitt Benckiser bagged privately-held personal care company Paras Pharmaceuticals for around $726m (£460m) yesterday, while oil services firm Wellstream finally agreed to be taken over by General [...]
Budget hits confidence June 29, 2010 THE most austere Budget since the Second World War has done nothing to improve consumer confidence, according to the GfK/NOP Consumer Confidence index, which fell for the fourth consecutive month in June. Published today, the overall index fell one point to -19. All the gains that had been made from December to February have now [...]
Budget hits confidence June 29, 2010 THE most austere Budget since the Second World War has done nothing to improve consumer confidence, according to the GfK/NOP Consumer Confidence index, which fell for the fourth consecutive month in June. Published today, the overall index fell one point to -19. All the gains that had been made from December to February have now [...]