How to tell if you’re a prudent investor or a reckless gambler

Gambling and investing are worlds apart. One could lose you all your money. The other is a slow and steady route to long-term wealth.  Yet telling the difference between the two is easier said than done. After all, both can involve holding shares in companies or trading other financial instruments. A new type of investment … Read more

Credit Suisse faces investor backlash after Archegos crisis leaves it nursing heavy losses

Credit Suisse faces investor backlash after Archegos crisis leaves it nursing heavy losses By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:18 BST, 30 March 2021 | Updated: 22:18 BST, 30 March 2021 Credit Suisse is facing a major investor backlash after the Archegos crisis left it nursing heavy losses. The banking giant was already … Read more

Deliveroo will lower share price citing ‘volatile market’ after investor concerns over worker rights

Deliveroo has said it will price shares for its highly anticipated stock market listing towards the bottom of its price range due to ‘volatile’ market conditions. It comes after a week in which a raft of leading fund managers said they will reject the listing – which could be the UK’s biggest for a decade … Read more

THE PRUDENT INVESTOR: Why I’ve fallen back in love with my Isa

I have fallen in love with Isas all over again. For years, my Isa was the poor relation in my investment portfolio as I piled money into my pension to gain tax relief on contributions. But punitive recent tax changes have taken the gloss off pensions for anyone who saves hard and invests successfully. Those … Read more

Twitter: Bidding for CEO Jack Dorsey’s first tweet heats up as Malaysian investor offers $2.5MILLION

Bidding for Twitter’s first tweet, ‘just setting up my twttr’, is heating up as a Malaysian Bitcoin investor has offered $2.5 million for the 2006 post by CEO Jack Dorsey. Hakan Estavi — CEO of blockchain system firm Bridge — has outbid other prospective buyers including Chinese cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun. On Saturday, Mr Sun had … Read more

Interactive Investor snaps up personal investing accounts from Equiniti

Investment platform Interactive Investor snaps-up 50,000 personal investing accounts from Equiniti in £49m deal II has bought Equiniti’s share dealing, ISA and SIPP accounts for £48.5m Sale and migration of around 50,000 customers set to complete this summer  If customers find that after six months they would have paid less with Equiniti, Interactive Investor will refund … Read more

City investor slams Met police for failing to prosecute van driver who crashed into his £10,000 bike

City investor, 53, slams Met police for failing to prosecute van driver who crashed into his £10,000 bike in a cycle lane despite CCTV footage of the collision which left him with serious injuries Matt Cooper was hit by a van turning right in west London in September The City investor was told there would … Read more

City investor slams Met police for failing to prosecute van driver who crashed into his £10,000 bike

City investor, 53, slams Met police for failing to prosecute van driver who crashed into his £10,000 bike in a cycle lane despite CCTV footage of the collision which left him with serious injuries Matt Cooper was hit by a van turning right in west London in September The City investor was told there would … Read more

Average age of new Hargreaves investor falls from 45 to 37 since 2012

Stock market investors get younger: Average age of new Hargreaves customers falls from 45 to 37 in last eight years By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:08 GMT, 1 February 2021 | Updated: 22:08 GMT, 1 February 2021 Britain’s stock market investors are getting younger as the pandemic pushes households into taking control … Read more