Investing

World’s biggest investment fund warns directors to tackle climate crisis or face sack
Norway’s sovereign wealth fund threatens to vote against boards on firms it holds investments with over lax climate and social targets
Rupert Neate Wealth correspondent
03, Feb, 2023 @12:46 PM

Darktrace boss defends UK cybersecurity firm amid short-seller attacks
Embattled firm to launch £75m share buyback to bolster stock price after criticism of sales and marketing
Mark Sweney
01, Feb, 2023 @2:53 PM

Adani Group firms lose $9bn in value amid short-seller claims
Hindenburg Research says world’s third-richest person, Gautam Adani, is pulling ‘largest con in corporate history’
Rupert Neate Wealth correspondent
25, Jan, 2023 @4:40 PM

Can EU anger at Biden’s ‘protectionist’ green deal translate into effective action?
Analysts warn bloc’s lack of industrial policy may impede riposte to $370bn US subsidy package
Jon Henley Europe correspondent and Jennifer Rankin in Brussels
18, Jan, 2023 @9:00 AM

Hundreds of ‘investment zone’ bids axed as Sunak dismantles Truss policy
Exclusive: council bids for tax breaks and liberalised planning rules axed as government dismantles Liz Truss’s agenda
Aubrey Allegretti
12, Jan, 2023 @7:46 AM

Jacob Rees-Mogg to receive about £500,000 in fund dividend
Bigger multimillion-pound payout from stake unlikely with Somerset Capital Management no longer up for sale
Joanna Partridge
08, Jan, 2023 @4:23 PM

Mortgage payers face squeeze in 2023 after UK interest rate rises
Wealthy, older people who own home outright will avoid higher costs and benefit from better return on savings
Phillip Inman
08, Jan, 2023 @7:00 AM

A Black-run investment firm bets on Black travel: ‘We wanted to add a layer of intentionality’
William Huston’s Bay Street Capital Holdings weathers the recent market dip and sets its sights on the hospitality industry
Patrice Worthy
03, Jan, 2023 @12:00 PM

Labour unveils funding shake-up to help turn UK into global startup hub
Party to give British Business Bank greater independence to raise capital in latest move to cement growing pro-business reputation
Richard Partington and Kiran Stacey
07, Dec, 2022 @10:30 PM

Made.com: symbol of the pandemic punt that popped post-Covid
Founders, early backers and banks won big in the craze for buying online retailers but investors at THG, Deliveroo and Virgin Wines lost out
Sarah Butler
24, Nov, 2022 @6:00 AM

Threat to UK financial services watchdogs off the table
Government ‘committed’ to financial regulators says City minister
Kalyeena Makortoff Banking correspondent
23, Nov, 2022 @8:15 PM

Patrick Thomson: the man who ‘helped save UK pensions’
The chair of the fund managers’ trade body says he has his army training to thank for the cool head he kept during the crisis sparked by the mini-budget
Kalyeena Makortoff
22, Nov, 2022 @2:00 PM
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