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CAMRADATA asks ‘Does style matter?’ in a new white paper on investment styles

CAMRADATA asks ‘Does style matter?’ in a new white paper on investment styles

CAMRADATA, a leading provider of data and analysis for institutional investors has published a new white paper  Does style matter? whi..

Video firm focuses on global growth with funding boost from Mercia

Video firm focuses on global growth with funding boost from Mercia

Voxpopme, a leading platform that provides innovative video analytics for brands such as Microsoft, Tesco, Verizon and Clorox has secu..

CAMRADATA’s new white paper considers potential of investment in a low carbon economy

CAMRADATA’s new white paper considers potential of investment in a low carbon economy

CAMRADATA, a leading provider of data and analysis for institutional investors, has published a new white paper entitled, Low Carbon –..

When activist hedge funds come knocking, answer with zero-based budgeting

When activist hedge funds come knocking, answer with zero-based budgeting

Karen Clarke, Area Vice President EMEA at Anaplan What do companies like Unilever, Nestlé, Honeywell, Mondelēz International, Akzo Nob..

Old Trafford attracting not just footballers from around the world, but also investors

Old Trafford attracting not just footballers from around the world, but also investors

Manchester flagged as top UK city for investment prospects (pwc) M16 postcode out-performing rest of city with 4.46% growth in 12 mon..

Why standard saving is a zero-sum game: investing made simple

Why standard saving is a zero-sum game: investing made simple

Lee Turay, Senior Trader, Learn to Trade The uncertainty over Brexit is already weighing on the UK economy. With inflation at three pe..

New Direct Investment into Aston EyeTech as part of a £5m syndicated round

New Direct Investment into Aston EyeTech as part of a £5m syndicated round

Mercia Technologies PLC, the national investment group focused on the funding and scaling of innovative technology businesses with hig..

The driving forces behind PE’s hunger for mid-market tech

The driving forces behind PE’s hunger for mid-market tech

Nick Jones is a Partner & Head of Technology at Cavendish Corporate Finance LLP  Nick Jones, Cavendish Corporate Finan..

Investment Opportunities in the Hotel Industry – Krupesh Patel

Investment Opportunities in the Hotel Industry – Krupesh Patel

Europe has been at the helm of hotel investment over the last few years, with some of the biggest financial transactions being complet..

Mercia passes £5m milestone with NPIF investment

Mercia passes £5m milestone with NPIF investment

Mercia Fund Managers, which manages part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund (NPIF), is celebrating a milestone, having investe..

Qodeo Announces Seedrs Crowdfunding Round To Roll Out Its Global, Online Investor To Entrepreneur Matching Service

Qodeo Announces Seedrs Crowdfunding Round To Roll Out Its Global, Online Investor To Entrepreneur Matching Service

Service already backed by 23 respected Angel Investors  qodeo, a company that monitors the global venture ecosystem, and is rolling ou..

Why some investors are going the extra mile

Why some investors are going the extra mile

By Dan Somers, Managing Partner, Boundary Capital (www.boundarycapital.com) Investing in early stage technology businesses is a risky ..

Smaller Lifetime Care Awards Means Accident Victims Need To Take More Investment Risk

Smaller Lifetime Care Awards Means Accident Victims Need To Take More Investment Risk

Lump sum pay-outs need to last at least 50 years, warns IW&I Average age of award recipients is just 10 years old IW&I welcom..

Exclusive-Iraqi Kurdistan’s oil output could halve without investment – documents

Exclusive-Iraqi Kurdistan’s oil output could halve without investment – documents

By Laurent Leloup, Founder and CEO of Chaineum First introduced in 2014, Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) have seen a meteoric rise in 20..

SIX Securities Services solves withholding tax issues for investors in Switzerland

SIX Securities Services solves withholding tax issues for investors in Switzerland

SIX Securities Services has launched Advanced Tax Services – Reclaim, a service to obtain refunds for double taxation of interest and ..

Investment research under MiFID II –a more meaningful approach to evaluation

Investment research under MiFID II –a more meaningful approach to evaluation

By Ian Spittlehouse, Alphametry Ian Spittlehouse The impending MiFID II deadline has sparked fierce debate around how inve..

£8m series B investment-round kicked off for UK fintech frontrunner – WeSwap  

£8m series B investment-round kicked off for UK fintech frontrunner – WeSwap  

IW Capital leads milestone investment for the world’s first peer-to-peer currency exchange platform Mayfair based private equity firm..

Financial advisers back UK infrastructure to counter market headwinds

Financial advisers back UK infrastructure to counter market headwinds

75% of advisers are positive about the investment outlook for UK infrastructure assets 32% are looking to increase client allocation ..

Blue Prism delivers 55x return on investment for Mercia’s managed funds

Blue Prism delivers 55x return on investment for Mercia’s managed funds

Mercia Technologies PLC, the national investment group focused on the funding and scaling of innovative technology businesses with hig..

The Aftermath Of The Catalan Chaos Will Be Crucial For Investors

The Aftermath Of The Catalan Chaos Will Be Crucial For Investors

Immediate market reaction to the illegal separatist referendum in Catalonia is likely to be muted – but what happens on the aftermath ..

Small charities should not shy away from investing for social good

Small charities should not shy away from investing for social good

John James, Investment Manager, Thorntons Investments You are a Trustee of a small charitable trust which receives a relatively substa..

The next generation of unicorns will come from the European edtech space

The next generation of unicorns will come from the European edtech space

How does one catch a tech unicorn – those elusive startups with phenomenal valuations worth north of $1 billion? It’s no mean feat. 20..

VenueScanner raises £800k to bring its e-commerce approach to the £40bn UK events industry

VenueScanner raises £800k to bring its e-commerce approach to the £40bn UK events industry

VenueScanner, the digital marketplace with the largest choice of venues in the UK, has raised £800k in its opening round of seed fundi..

Final Salary Pension Transfers Explained – What’s all the fuss about?

Final Salary Pension Transfers Explained – What’s all the fuss about?

You might well have seen in the media much talk about the option of transferring out of final salary pension schemes, otherwise known ..

Bitcoin – Desperately seeking Satoshi Nakamoto

Bitcoin – Desperately seeking Satoshi Nakamoto

By John Wyn-Evans, Head of Investment Strategy at Investec Wealth & Investment All the ingredients for life on earth were availabl..

Flexible Finance: the importance of investment in changing times

Flexible Finance: the importance of investment in changing times

By Jose Carvalho, Senior Vice President, Global Commercial Payments Europe at American Express  2017 has been a challenging year for m..

Capital One Joins Snowflake’s Series D Funding Round

Capital One Joins Snowflake’s Series D Funding Round

Investment will help advance Snowflake’s innovative data analytics solutions for the financial services industry. Snowflake Computing,..

GlobalPlatform Publishes On-Device NFC Service Management Specification

GlobalPlatform Publishes On-Device NFC Service Management Specification

New standard defines multiple contactless environments on a single device ensuring the predictable behavior of all NFC services  The G..

Brexit creates a complicated picture for commodities investors

Brexit creates a complicated picture for commodities investors

Adam Sharpe, Editorial Director, Informa’s Agribusiness Intelligence As the EU’s chief negotiator Michel Barniermade clear recently, t..

Investment outlook

Investment outlook

By Tom Elliott, deVere Group International Investment Strategist Near-term market sentiment: Apprehensive. The benefits of a broadly d..

Investment needs design led apps to find their purpose

Investment needs design led apps to find their purpose

Scott Ewings, Big Radical Scott Ewings New regulation in the form of the updated Payment Services Directive (PSD2) means w..

Build trust and transparency to get more women investing

Build trust and transparency to get more women investing

Scott Ewings, Big Radical Scott Ewings Strides in gender parity are being made in many walks of life but when it comes to ..

Portafina shares top tips on how to ditch debt

Portafina shares top tips on how to ditch debt

With the UK level of unsecured debt in July 2017 reaching a staggering £199.7 billion1 it may seem harder than ever to get out of debt..

Catastrophe bond market hits series of historical highs as second quarter closes, according to Aon ILS study

Catastrophe bond market hits series of historical highs as second quarter closes, according to Aon ILS study

ILS market surpasses all-time annual issuance record at half-year stage Aon Securities, the investment banking division of global rein..

Manufacturing surveys: What do they tell us about the health of the global economy?

Manufacturing surveys: What do they tell us about the health of the global economy?

By Graham Bishop, Investment Director at Heartwood Investment Management  July’s readings of the Markit Purchasing Manufacturers’ Surv..

The Investment Outlook

The Investment Outlook

Tom Elliott, deVere Group Near-term market sentiment: Confident, with risk assets still in demand. The S&P500 continues to reach n..

Investingzone Transforms Investment Marketplace With Industry First

Investingzone Transforms Investment Marketplace With Industry First

LEADING fin-tech platform, Investing Zone, has unveiled an industry-first, adding a traditional fund to its online portal enabling inv..