Nasdaq First North, the US financial services giant’s junior European market, has been awarded ‘growth market status’ by HMRC. Does it have what it takes to lure London’s Alternative Investment Market companies and investors? Ian Smith takes a look at the rise of Nasdaq First North and what has been a mixed month for Aim. Read Taking Stock.
Any rally in the US dollar thanks to Donald Trump's presidency has been reversed. Against the euro, the greenback has given up all of the 7 per cent gains it made in late 2016. Should UK-based equity investors worry about this? Yes and no, says Chris Dillow. Click here to read this week's Economic Outlook.
In the second of this two-part special podcast on the ideal portfolio, deputy personal finance editor Kate Beioley peeks under the bonnet of the asset management industry to ask how professional money managers put together their portfolios. Wealth managers Alan Miller, founder of SCM Direct and Rory McPherson, head of investment strategy at PSigma open up their asset allocation strategies and tactical asset allocation for today's markets. Listen to the latest episode.
