Settle back and relax with a nice warm beverage as I'm going to tell you a story. Back in the mid-1980s when I was an eager young man with a passion for politics, the Liberal Party of Canada sent me to an intensive training conference for campaign management. The keynote ...
Utilico Emerging lags rising global emerging index as shareholders trail MSCI return by 12.2%. Utilico Emerging has announced an NAV total return (adjusted for the exercise of subscription shares) of 26.2% for the full year to 31 March 2017. However, someone who just held the ordinary shares and no subscription ...
13 years ago, I was part of the team at Stonewall that helped achieve workplace equality, same-sex marriage and the Equality Act, protecting lesbian, gay and bi people in terms of goods and services. Today, the Democratic Unionist Party, now in coalition with the Conservative Party, opposes many of these hard-won rights. ...
By Daniel Khalili-Tari What happened? According to the polls the Conservatives had a lead in the double digits. How could Theresa May, who only in April earlier this year was the most popular politician in the UK, now be having to form a minority government? How could the Prime Minister once ...
Montanaro UK Smaller Companies sets out case for continuation after 43% long term underperformance - over the year to 31 March 2017, the NAV per share of Montanaro UK Smaller Companies (excluding current period revenue) rose by 11.3% to 621.6p in comparison with a gain of 15.4% by the Numis Smaller Companies ...
Templeton Emerging Markets shareholders make 48% in a year. Templeton Emerging Markets (TEMIT) generated a return of 47.8% on net asset value over the year to the end of March 2017. Shareholders did even better as the discount narrowed slightly leaving them with a return of 48.3%. By contrast, the ...
This interactive map below features the climate, fracking and environmental issues in your constituency with a breakdown below of where candidates stand on these issues. With the general election upon us, these are the constituencies where candidates’ positions on fracking, energy, air pollution, airport expansion and climate change issues could be decisive if you are ...
By Nicholas Figgis Over the past few years the World has taken an unnerving shift to the right. The Brexit vote echoed nationalistic populism not seen since the World Wars and across the pond America voted in a President on the back of promises to build walls, spark wars and eschew ...
'Healthier tobacco' helps Securities Trust of Scotland outperform. Mark Whitehead, head of Martin Currie's newly resourced income team, was appointed as portfolio manager of Securities Trust of Scotland in May 2016. Since taking over, Mark has repositioned the portfolio with a greater focus on companies that exhibit growth and have a strong ...