Pensioner bonds. I wrote about these in my last post, but in thinking about how to explain the problem I see with them on the BBC last night I realised that they effectively represent a non-means-tested …
Today brought the launch of the new pensioner bonds. These are fantastic news for going on 11 million eligible retirees in the UK: £10bn has been set aside for them and the rates are very …
In 2007, 70% of UK households owned their own homes. Now just under 65% do. There are all sorts of reasons for this – see my blog here on rent controls for a few. But …
I participated in a round table for the Financial Times held at the wonderful Library of Mistakes last week (if you haven’t visited this yet, go now!). You can read the transcript here. At one …
It is almost impossible for a year to pass in the UK without someone calling for rent caps. This year, things are kicking off early: think tank Civitas has a new report out calling for …
There’s an article on finding good hedge funds in the FT today. It lists five that the paper thinks are exceptional (Bloom Tree Partners, Chenavari Capital, Jabcap Emea, Latigo Ultra and Mid Ocean Credit Opportunity) …
If you inherit a small company in Germany you will do so entirely tax free as long as you keep it going and preserve the jobs of all the employees for at least seven years. …
Having read a good amount recently on food banks in the UK this week, I had a little wander around the benefits system. I looked at a postcode in the southeast of England to see …
The world’s dumbest ideas. The bad news is that you could make a pretty long list of these. The good news is that they generally get called out pretty quickly. But there are some that …
I spend a lot of time talking to fund managers about the way they engage with the companies in which they invest. They all tell me the same thing: corporate engagement is very important. Vital, …