Latest Blogs
Buy to let hits the headlines
yesterday at 10:54 by Steve Coyle
Buy-to-let property investment has hit the headlines of property blogs quite a lot over the last few days - and the stories have been about more than the likes of new mortgage rates.
A quiet end to a quiet week?
yesterday at 10:45 by Matt Williams
An IT consultant called Nigel has spent seven years cataloguing the keystrokes necessary to go directly to the correct desk when telephoning a given call centre. On his website "pleasepress1.com" he ...
Is the UK on the mend?
yesterday at 10:37 by John Redwood
The Governor of the Bank of England is getting a little more optimistic. He thinks growth will be a little better and inflation not so bad this year. We too have become less pessimistic about UK ...
Predatory capitalism
2 Days ago at 11:43 by Diane Coyle, OBE
Isn’t all capitalism predatory, some contemporary critics might well ask, looking at the post-crisis economic landscape? Geoff Mulgan, chief exec of NESTA, is more optimistic in his recent book The ...
Recovery still in governor's sight
2 Days ago at 11:37 by Matt Williams
The Secretary of State for Education has come up with a "radical rethink" about GCSE examination grades. Instead of A*******, A******, A*****, A****, A***, A**, A*, A, B and C he proposes grades of 1 ...
Do consumers benefit from risk-based pricing?
3 Days ago at 10:40 by Henry Tapper
The question arose during a talk by John Raven of Oxera and whacked me right between the eyes. This is a big question in the development of workplace pensions. I was at a conference on annuity but I ...
8 prospect questions you have to answer
3 Days ago at 10:27 by Steve Billingham
As promised last week here are the 8 key questions your prospects will be looking for answers to, with some thoughts on the best way to go about answering them. Whether you are developing physical ...
Investment and consumption
3 Days ago at 10:22 by Michael Pettis
I have been arguing for several years that once China begins the adjustment process, which I expect to characterize the ten-year period of the current administration, growth rates must slow ...
So – if Princes Charles does inherit your estate, what will he do with it?
3 Days ago at 10:19 by Rebecca Haywood
Those of you who recall my earlier blog (do-you-really-want-prince-charles-to-inherit-your-estate) about the right that the Prince of Wales (in his position as the Duke of Cornwall) has to the estates ...
The King speech
3 Days ago at 10:17 by Richard Woolnough
Today is the last inflation report for Mervyn King, Governor of the Bank of England. He has served the bank for many years and has been the key figure at the bank for the past eight years. King’s ...
Authors
Justin Lowes is the Founder and Managing Director of Lowes Wealth Management (LWM), a boutique ...
Michael Pettis is a Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and a finance ...
Andrewjoined Octopus in 2008 from Close Brothers, bringing well over 30 years’ investment ...
Nick McBreen, World Wide Financial Planning Nick specialises in investment, retirement and ...
David is a Partner at Kingston Smith Consulting. He leads the risk management, compliance and ...
