Kim: More American investment after the courts are cleared

20:00 17/11/2022 Sejko: High inflation is a problem The American ambassador in Tirana, Yuri Kim, is direct when she talks about the increase of foreign investments in our country. She says that the country has made important steps forward in receiving investments from abroad, but fair courts and equality in the treatment of investors are … Read more

Lekaj-Fier concession, Rama: 100% private investment

15:22 15/11/2022 Premier: It will be paid instead of an alternative free segment On November 14, the public procurement agency announced the winner of the concession of the Lekaj-Konjat-Fier road, the merger of 8 companies. Prime Minister Edi Rama also spoke about this project. “I saw a news “Balluku: 320 million concession for the road” … Read more

Five golden rules for lock down and investment property when market is unstable

A former music teacher who purchased his first house at 29 on a $51,000 salary and amassed a multimillion-dollar property portfolio has shared his golden rules for real estate investing.  Lloyd Edge, buyer’s agent and author of Positively Geared, said investing during unstable periods can be risky and daunting but can also be very profitable … Read more

How Isa investors can check up on niche investment companies with flashy gains

It might not surprise our regular readers that the top performing funds of the first quarter of this year were focused on the UK and small caps. And the topmost on the intersection of the two. Britain has organised a strong vaccine rollout, and despite some debate about the speed of reopening allowed to businesses … Read more

Best performing funds and investment trusts since the start of 2021

Funds investing in the UK were some of the top performers in the first quarter of this year as Britain’s fast roll-out of vaccines has tempted some investors to bet on the country’s recovery.  The Investment Association’s UK Smaller Companies sector came top of the table, with returns of 9 per cent in the first … Read more

Morgan Stanley sold $5 billion in shares Archegos night BEFORE private investment firm collapse

Morgan Stanley sold about $5 billion of Archegos’ stocks the night before the fire sale hit rivals, according to reports. The investment bank and financial services company had the consent of Archegos, run by former Tiger Management analyst Bill Hwang, to shop around its stock late last month, according to a report by CNBC that … Read more

Boss of green energy investment firm has plan to power homes

Vision: Helen Mahy in the six-acre wood she planted at her Surrey home Helen Mahy, chairwoman of one of Britain’s biggest green energy investment firms, is determined to show off her own sustainability credentials. Striding around the Surrey farm she shares with husband Mark and their two spaniels, the City grandee gamely clambers over a … Read more

Deliveroo IPO: Large UK investment firms reject chance to buy shares amid workers rights concerns

Six of the Britain’s largest investment firms reject chance to buy Deliveroo shares amid concerns over worker rights as firm targets £8.8billion stock market valuation Legal & General Investment Management said it plans to skip the public offering Deliveroo said this week it is targeting a valuation of between £7.6bn and £8.8bn GIM, Aberdeen Standard, … Read more

British tech start-ups had a record year for investment

The British technology industry had a solid 2020, despite the pandemic and fears over Brexit, an annual study shows.  Tech start-ups and scale-ups in the UK have more than doubled their collective value since 2017, according to Tech Nation.  Collectively, they are valued at $585billion (£422.55billion) which is more than double the next most valuable … Read more

The top performing funds and investment trusts since Isas were launched in 1999? 

The final year of the last millennium: a total solar eclipse was eclipsed by cloud in the skies above the UK and the euro was born. Perhaps with less fanfare, the individual savings account was launched. But keen savers who piled into a stock and shares individual savings account in April 1999 – and those … Read more