Rivals blast Hargreaves Lansdown for transfer delays in wake of Woodford saga November 22, 2019 Hargreaves Lansdown has come under fire from rivals after it emerged customers are being forced to wait up to three months to transfer their assets to other investment platforms in the wake of the collapse of Neil Woodford’s investment empire. Five of the fund supermarket’s competitors told City PM that waiting times for customers transferring [...]
Bitcoin tumbles below $8,000 barrier as sell-off continues November 21, 2019 Bitcoin plummeted below $8,000 this morning after hovering just above the barrier for almost a week. The cryptocurrency crashed through the barrier mid-morning UK time, marking its lowest price since late October. Read more: Emerging markets need more say on digital currencies like Libra, says Chinese official Bitcoin continued to fall, according to Coindesk data, [...]
India and the ESG challenge November 19, 2019 | City Talk The year 2019 is setting records and not the kind our planet would have liked. Not only will 2019 be among the hottest years recorded, but July was the hottest month in the 140 years that temperature records have been kept. Climate change is for real, and in India, our challenge is grave. Current and [...]
Crispin Odey quits Jupiter short position as wife Nichola Pease appointed chair November 6, 2019 Hedge fund manager Crispin Odey has ended his short position in Jupiter Fund Management after his wife, veteran fund manager Nichola Pease, was appointed chair of the group. Jupiter announced today that Pease will take over as its non-executive chairman when Liz Airey steps down in March. Regulatory filings had shown that Odey’s hedge fund, [...]
