Tesco’s hypocrisy over human rights
Seven prominent writers are urging Tesco CEO Sir Terry Leahy to drop all libel actions against critics of the supermarket […]
2008
RBS’s £12bn rights issue – The bankers’ new clothes
RBS’s refunding move through a record £12bn rights issue is the first step in UK banks waking up from their
Scottish Agenda: Credit crunch won’t stop at Hadrian’s Wall
THE collective burial of heads in the sand among Scottish business leaders, bank economists and housing market professionals about Scotland’s
Glasgow firm Gibson buys Polish mine and power station for £250m
A Glasgow-based company has acquired one of Poland’s largest coal mines as part of the Polish government’s drive to privatise
How Darling’s ill-thought CGT fix has only made things worse
THE UNSEEMLY dash by owners of companies and other assets to beat the 5 April deadline for the capital gains
Barclays’ fat cat extraordinaire
Failure often gets rewarded in the zany world of British plcs and Barclays is no exception. First, the London-based bank chose
Banks warned to curb payouts as crisis bites
Big five banks admonished by BoE governor Mervyn King as they plead for more support BANK OF England governor Mervyn
Sage of Wall Street gets it wrong… again
Alan Greenspan, a man described as a “bigger threat to the US economy than Osama bin Laden”* in his latter years
Edinburgh fund sues Ericsson
The City of Edinburgh council’s pension fund has committed itself to an aggressive pursuit of Swedish telecoms giant Ericsson in
Absolutely not a dedicated follower of fashion
Standard Life Investments chief executive Keith Skeoch looks back at the eventful decade since the company was spun out of
Pension funds warned over faith in bonds
THE TRUSTEES of UK pension funds, who oversee the investment of some £900 billion of assets, have been chastised for
Carlyle enters self-destructive phase
Having a panoply of former politicians — including the former British prime John Major and former US president George H W Bush
Buzzing into the UK’s institutional honey pot
IT is ten years since Roger Urwin, global head of the investment consulting at Watson Wyatt, galvanised UK pension funds
Infrastructure investing: we’ve only just begun
Institutional investors are waking up to the merits of infrastructure investing and an increasing number of funds dedicated to the
Fidelity’s Bolton expects markets to turn before the year is out
What does it take to outperform in today’s volatile market? Ian Fraser asked leading fund managers how they have altered
Patience is a virtue
In Central and Eastern Europe, private equity has been welcomed and the opportunities are plentiful — if you know the
Penniless walker sets off
YOU’VE got to hand it to Mark Boyle, a former dotcom entrepreneur turned “community pilgrim” from Bristol, who is trying
Matthews’ exit reflects badly on Standard Life
Standard Life has not covered itself in glory by losing the services of Trevor Matthews, who last night announced he
Locke’s £120 million stock … and lots of barrels
CONVENTIONAL wisdom has it that the credit crunch has made big private-equity buyouts a thing of the past. However, Alasdair
Labour ruining Tory legacy, says Locke
ONE OF Scotland’s leading oil magnates has launched a stinging attack on the Labour government, accusing it of destroying the
Resource nationalism
Oil is obviously a finite resource. However, contrary to what you hear from subscribers to the ‘Peak Oil’ theory, this