Debate: Are British high street banks a good opportunity for investors at the moment? Debate: Are British high street banks a good opportunity for investors at the moment? Yes – Richard Buxton is chief executive and a fund manager at Old Mutual Global Investors. As a long-term investor in UK banks, the most recent reporting season came as a welcome relief. The litany of conduct charges and regulatory [...]
We are not at the end of the cycle City Talk The last few months have been characterised by a more elevated level of financial market volatility than we saw over the previous 12-18 months. Rising geopolitical risk had much to do with this development. Donald Trump has raised the prospect of trade wars and the election of a populist government in Italy has increased tensions [...]