A Home REIT sister fund facing an investigation by the City regulator has called in a new investment manager to try and save it from collapse and salvage tens of …
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The Crowdstrike disaster was bound to happen. The cloud is a chokepoint in our interconnected world
Last week, Crowdstrike caused a global tech meltdown due to a botched software rollout. The incident should be seen as a dry run for the next time someone throws a …
Make no mistake, tax rises are on the way
Evidence is piling up that Chancellor Rachel Reeves will almost certainly be forced to raise taxes this autumn, Chris Dorrell writes There was one issue that attracted more attention than …
Luxury faces a reckoning: What do Gucci, Burberry and LVMH need to do to survive?
The post-pandemic luxury market was unstoppable. Record profits driven by China’s reopening and the revenge-on-lockdown ‘urge to splurge’ sent profits at all the major luxury brands to unbelievable highs. Briefly, …
Explainer: Why has an iron curtain been erected in central Paris?
Olympic security has barricaded central Paris off to all but a few residents. Has it all gone too far? It’s like a crime scene. Metal fences have been erected, paths …
Renationalisation won’t get our railways back on track
Slow, crowded and expensive, there’s no doubt our railways need a major overhaul – but it’s far from clear that Great British Railways is the answer, says Emma Revell One …
Tedium alone won’t restore confidence in the economy
The theory of Ricardian Equivalence posits that financing public spending out of taxes or borrowing will have the same overall economic consequences. This, David Ricardo argued in 1820, was because …
How to help save the rainforest in Peru while you travel
The air is thick under the humid rainforest canopy in Peru’s Amazonian basin. Insects hum and the squawks of circling macaws echo through the trees. I’m silently crouching on the …
Meet the fund managers: Investing from Turkey to Abu Dhabi
In this new weekly series, investment reporter Elliot Gulliver-Needham sits down with a fund manager for a Q&A. This week, we’re hearing from Adnan El-Araby, co-manager of the Barings Emerging …
US multi-sport group interested in Hundred team despite concerns
An American multi-sport ownership group has expressed interest in investing in the Hundred – but has concerns over the feasibility of buying a controlling stake in a franchise. The 100-ball …