GOSLINGS GROUSE
Investment Week | 16 Dec 2011
Christmas will not start for me until Friday 23rd, mainly because in the middle of a recession with a million people out of work it seems a bit vulgar to start earlier.
‘We in the overindulgent, overspent West are living beyond our means. We must live less well or work harder.’ So wrote The Times’ columnist Matthew Parris back in September.
Investment Week | 09 Dec 2011
I do not know what was more surprising – that the FSA has effectively banned the sale of life settlement funds or the language it used in the announcement.
Investment Week | 02 Dec 2011
OTHER GOSLINGS GROUSE ARTICLES
Was the Autumn Statement tough talking for tough times, or a big compromise?
Investment Week | 29 Nov 2011
What are the attributes you look for in a fund manager or an asset management company? ‘Steady’, ‘consistent’, ‘predictable’, ‘experienced’, ‘disciplined’, maybe even ‘boring’ or ‘a few grey hairs’ as well.
Investment Week | 25 Nov 2011
Evershed versus Duffield – coming to a computer console near you for Christmas. What about Modern War Fund Manager 2, on X-Box or PS3.
Investment Week | 18 Nov 2011
So, Bob Diamond thinks banks need to become ‘good citizens’, which raises an interesting concept for any institution to deal with, particularly one with its roots in the Quaker movement like Barclays.
Investment Week | 11 Nov 2011
For anyone who works or lives in London, the Evening Standard is usually part of the daily commute home and for me the daily column, by financial editor Anthony Hilton, is required reading.
Investment Week | 07 Nov 2011
Just as all the anti-capitalist protesters were pitching up tents by St Paul’s to protest against corporate greed, fund manager Gervais Williams was launching his new book.
Investment Week | 28 Oct 2011
This might be a sexist thing to say, but I don’t really think Downton Abbey is a bloke kind of programme.
Investment Week | 21 Oct 2011
How clever are your clients? I am not asking if they have degrees or MBAs, more how sophisticated are they in terms of their understanding of financial products? I am guessing the answer is generally: “not very sophisticated”.
Investment Week | 14 Oct 2011
One of the surest things in the markets at the moment is that the Bank of England will miss its inflation target of 2% and the governor, Mervyn King, will have to write a letter to the Chancellor.
Investment Week | 10 Oct 2011
“I have quite a short time horizon – I am only looking at the next 35 years.” A wry comment from Jamie Cayzer-Colvin, chairman of new EM boutique Ocean Dial Asset Management, but one that is fundamental to investment.
Investment Week | 30 Sep 2011
It is beginning to feel like the 1980s again in the UK – tax the rich and ban page three girls – at least according to the Liberal Democrats.
Investment Week | 23 Sep 2011
“If you are going to panic, do it quickly,” joked Hywel George from Integral Asset Management last week, as we pondered what was going on in markets. It was a different kind of discussion because we were joined by a real investor, that is, someone who worries about his modest wealth.
Investment Week | 16 Sep 2011
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