I have long previously decided that the sole purpose of most financial institutions is to rip off the public. However, a residual sense of romance allows me to toy with the idea that although the senior management are filth there are staff who do not share the corporate view. I opened a current account with…
British banks like Barclays have destroyed shareholder value like no one else in recent years. Now they face the risk of Brexit. So why are the big boys piling in? Always follow the money… When a massive $24 billion New York hedge fund like Tiger Global takes a 2.5 percent stake in Britain’s oldest high…
World’s 4th largest global oil and gas company to exhibit at Master Investor Show 2018 on Saturday March 17, 2018 Is there a Renaissance in public companies engaging with private investor audiences? One company that has decided to actively reach out to individual investors is TOTAL S.A., the €115bn market cap oil and gas company listed…
Master Investor interviews Scott Grant, director and co-founder of London South East, the UK’s leading web portal for private investors. 2018 is set to be a landmark year for the company’s flagship website, lse.co.uk. We talked to Scott to get a better idea of what’s in store… James Faulkner: Hi Scott. Many of our readers…
I am sure the Dorchester sensibly seek to distance themselves from the shenanigans at The Presidents Club’s function, since although all sorts of extramural bonking has been initiated and conducted at the hotel, the fact remains that such a reputation can only lead to revulsion in the minds of some potential customers. Thereafter the sillies…
Despite all the dire threats and warnings 2017 turned out to be another strong year for the markets with each of the main equity regions posting healthy gains. The most profitable areas to invest in were the Far East and the Emerging Markets with 11-month returns to the end of November of 27% and 21%…
In the January 2016 edition of Master Investor Magazine I penned an article entitled 2016: The year of living dangerously. That was the year of the Brexit referendum and the triumph of Mr Trump. Populism appeared to be rampant and the Eurozone was under severe strain. But Europe did not fall to the populists. It…
Two funds operating in the listed infrastructure sector have announced that they have significant exposure to Carillion through the subcontracting of facilities management services on Private Finance Initiative (PFI) projects and public-private partnerships (PPP). They have recently provided details about how they will be affected by the compulsory liquidation of the company. The biggest potential…
In the global airframe manufacturing duopoly that is Airbus versus Boeing, the balance of advantage has unexpectedly shifted towards Boeing. But maybe they should both be worried about SpaceX. Airbus saves Bombardier On 06 November last year I wrote in these pages that the October deal between Airbus (EPA:AIR) and Bombardier (TSE:BBD) whereby Airbus would…
Investing in utility shares has been a popular means for investors to generate a high, dependable income which generally rises with inflation. At the moment, it is still possible to obtain two of those aspects from the utility sector, but the ‘dependable’ part may no longer be applicable. The reason for this is the rise…
