Cameron must be radical on Europe December 8, 2011 ONCE again, the British public is being mis-sold a European treaty. Some of what is being proposed is, as advertised, about “saving” the euro by trying to make it harder for nations to overspend and over-borrow. But what has imposing a Tobin tax on London, to raise billions that would be transferred to Brussels, got [...]
Cameron must be radical on Europe December 7, 2011 ONCE again, the British public is being mis-sold a European treaty. Some of what is being proposed is, as advertised, about “saving” the euro by trying to make it harder for nations to overspend and over-borrow. But what has imposing a Tobin tax on London, to raise billions that would be transferred to Brussels, got [...]
We need to teach financial literacy in all UK schools November 1, 2011 IT IS significant the e-petition calling for compulsory financial education in schools has this week become one of the first petitions to reach the threshold of 100,000 signatures and that the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Financial Education for Young People is the largest in parliament, with 224 cross-party MPs. We are a financially [...]
CITY MOVES | WHO’S SWITCHING JOBS October 20, 2011 Sovereign Capital The UK private equity buy and build specialist has appointed Rob King as investment manager to execute its buy and build growth strategy. Prior to joining Sovereign, King spent four years in the investment banking division of Rothschild, working on private equity-backed and plc mid-market deals across sectors including business services and healthcare. [...]
Trade with the equity sector’s economic cycle September 12, 2011 BUSINESSES prosper at different times. Over the duration of a business cycle, which typically lasts for about seven years, certain businesses do well in the early period of economic expansion, some do better during mid-expansion and others prosper as economic activity begins to lessen. These fluctuations in the business activity of companies can be traded [...]
Osborne in hunt for growth plan November 13, 2011 CHANCELLOR George Osborne is in talks with institutional investors about getting private cash to fund billions in infrastructure projects as part of a desperate bid to get the economy moving despite the global debt crisis. Among the ideas being mulled by HM Treasury is the establishment of an infrastructure investment fund to channel private money [...]
Osborne in hunt for growth plan November 13, 2011 CHANCELLOR George Osborne is in talks with institutional investors about getting private cash to fund billions in infrastructure projects as part of a desperate bid to get the economy moving despite the global debt crisis. Among the ideas being mulled by HM Treasury is the establishment of an infrastructure investment fund to channel private money [...]
TAXPAYERS PETITION FOR PRIVATISATION OF THATCHER’S FUNERAL December 22, 2011 WHICH investment bank will underwrite the ticket sales at Margaret Thatcher’s privatised funeral? The Capitalist only asks because, as of last night, more than 14,000 people had signed up to the e-petition posted by Scott Morgan declaring that the Iron Lady’s state funeral should be funded and managed by the private sector. After all, Baroness [...]
Accountants can be counted upon to face challenge of climate change November 15, 2011 HEAD OF ACCA UK LATER this month, thousands of climate change experts, government negotiators, campaigners, and business people will be gathering in Durban, South Africa for the seventeenth annual meeting of the signatories to the UN Framework Convention for Climate Change. Or, more simply, COP17. The ultimate objective of each COP (Conference of the Parties) [...]
PROPERTY NEWS BY LYDIA ELLIS September 1, 2011 NEW MERIBEL DEVELOPMENT LAUNCHED A new property development in Meribel has launched and is due for completion in December 2012. The Les Balcons de la Chapelle development comprises of two, three and four bedroom apartments and chalets, offering easy access to numerous ski runs with just a short walk to ski lifts, shops and restaurants. [...]