Financial services litigation in 2022: Push payments, crypto fraud, ESG and a jump in interest rates January 22, 2022 Push payments, cryptocurrency fraud and a jump in interest rates could lead to more litigation in the financial services sector in 2022, an industry expert discussed with Morning Wire this weekend. One of the biggest drivers of financial disputes this year could be authorised push payment fraud. Authorised push payment fraud involves fraudsters duping consumers [...]
UK home to around 80 ‘Isa’ millionaires who sit on an average pot of £2m-plus January 21, 2022 New HM Revenue and Customs figures show that the UK has around 2,000 “Isa millionaires”, sitting on pots worth an average £1,412,000. And about 80 pots were valued at £2m-plus. Within the total, around 60 investors hold pots amounting to more than £3 million, according to the data obtained by InvestingReviews.co.uk. InvestingReviews.co.uk released the figures [...]
ESG shoots up private equity agenda despite dealmakers failing to see financial value January 21, 2022 Sustainability has shot up private equity firms’ decision-making agenda despite a majority of dealmakers not considering it to deliver significant financial value.
Exclusive: Most investors could not care less about ESG and sustainability January 20, 2022 With COP26 a few months behind us, more than half of UK investors admit sustainable investing is not a priority for them, with just under 45 per cent saying it is important and it is a priority in their investment portfolio. In fact, less than a third of British investors say COP26 and the UK [...]
Exclusive: ‘Keep a cool head in hairy markets but avoid being an ostrich’, says City grandee and fund chief Andrew Bell January 20, 2022 Witan Investment Trust is a well-know name in the City’s investment space. It can trace its history back to 1909 when it was set up to manage the investment affairs of Sir Alexander Henderson, who later became the first Lord Faringdon. Today it holds over £2.2bn on behalf of more than 28,000 shareholders, using a [...]
Terry Smith rounds again on Unilever and labels failed GSK bids a ‘near death experience’ January 20, 2022 Terry Smith has launched a fresh attack on Unilever’s management as he labelled the failed bid for GSK’s consumer arm a “near death experience”.
Network International revenues jump as Dubai bounces back from pandemic January 20, 2022 Digital payments giant Network International reported a jump in revenues in the past year driven by record levels of customer growth.
PensionBee reports revenue jump as it targets December profitability January 20, 2022 Digital pensions platform PensionBee has reported a jump in revenue today as it readies to ramp up investment into marketing and customer acquisition.
Global Britain goes on £11bn Brexit spending spree in Ireland as UK imports jump by a fifth January 18, 2022 Goods imported from Ireland to Great Britain in the first 11 months of last year hit £11.2bn, an increase of more than 20 per cent, according to new figures released in Dublin. Ireland’s Central Statistics Office (CSO) said the main changes were increases in the exports of chemicals and related products and machinery and transport [...]
Omicron onslaught: Wave of bankruptcies as insolvencies climb with voluntary liquidations up by 73 per cent January 18, 2022 The latest monthly insolvency statistics, published this morning by The Insolvency Service for the month of December 2021, show that the number of registered company insolvencies in England and Wales is 33 per cent higher than the number registered than two years ago, just before the pandemic. These rises were particularly influenced by the higher [...]