The UK has a caretaker Prime Minister from Friday 7th June until a replacement leader is chosen by the Conservative Party later in the Summer. How long can the new incumbent last in attempting to push a Brexit decision through parliament remains to be seen. A vote of no-confidence is a strong possibility if support […]
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The first bad is in the form of disappointment from UK outsourcer Interserve PLC falling in to the hands of administrators (see 20th December 2018 blog for further discussion how and why). A proposed debt-to-equity swap for its lenders was blocked led by its largest shareholder US Coltrane Asset Management as it was highly dilutive
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The global business and political elites have already met for the 2019 World Economic Forum in Davos in Switzerland. With much expounding on how to make the world a better place according to their point of view. While the rest of the world pursues its political woes with brexit Britain, or identity politics of the
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UK Prime Minister Theresa May survived a vote of no confidence (VONC) with her parliamentary party in December over her proposed Brexit deal with the EU. In the same week she postponed the crucial parliamentary vote on her Brexit deal to January 2019 too much consternation from both sides of the house and political pundits.
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Early autumn 2018 has seen equity markets stumble especially those stellar performing ‘tech’ stocks including the FAANGs (September 2018 blog) giving back some of their gains. The bull market long touted about its demise has now suffered the consequences of rising fear factors which have concerned international investors. Rising US interest rates, margins peaking due
Barcelona was battered, bruised and reeling from a weekend of civil unrest after an emotionally charged independence referendum for Catalonia, unsanctioned by the Madrid-based Spanish government, ensued into what appears as extremely heavy-handed treatment by riot police towards voters at polling stations.
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While Brexit negotiations trundle along economic warnings are building up. Former Labour Chancellor during the financial crisis of 10 years ago Lord Darling and former deputy BoE governor Charlie Bean have both recently shared concerns over debt remaining high since the 2008 crisis and an economic slowdown in the UK economy continuing into 2018. The
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This is the message I give to Davos man or woman for the 2017 January meeting of the World Economic Forum in Switzerland, unless you want to go skiing of course. Picking a theme like inequality or climate change is all well and good.
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I’m looking forward to seeing the back of 2016. However it’s not particularly as an investor that I’ll be glad to see the start of 2017 but as a voter. I have voted 5 times since 2014 in elections for EU, UK and Scottish parliaments, 1 Scottish referendum and in June 2016 the Brexit referendum.
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Before the UK’s referendum on leaving the EU in June 2016 plenty of world politicians advised the British to remain most prominently was the current US President Barack Obama warning the UK would be, “at the back of the queue,” in any future trade negotiations with the US if it choose to leave.
