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It has been a long winter for the UK’s commercial property sector, but at last it seems spring is in the air. Savills reports that the vacancy rate in the City and West End of London office property market has […]

Labour’s enthusiasm for nationalising steel was met with approval across the spectrum. Political consensus is a sign that thinking has been abandoned, says Max King Source link editor@moneyweek.com (Max King)

Five years ago, Jacob Rothschild stepped back from direct involvement in RIT Capital Partners (LSE: RCP), the £4 billion trust effectively controlled by his family. Straightaway, its performance lagged without his magic touch. On at least one occasion, RIT seemed

It has taken barely a month for consensus opinion to shift from thinking that the US market is invincible to declaring that US exceptionalism is over, so its market will underperform indefinitely. And all because president Donald Trump is causing

Every week, the personal finance section of The Sunday Times carries an interview of a micro-celebrity that asks what they invest in. Some boast that they spend everything they earn; others that they give away their spare money. Many invest

When the directors of the ailing, family-controlled Majedie Investments (LSE: MAJE) were looking for a new manager, they looked for something different from the mainstream. They found it in Marylebone Partners, a small boutique founded in 2013. “As an investment

“Keep faith in UK equities,” advises Scott Evans of the London Business School: “They’ve done well over 70 years.” Over that time, annualised real returns for Treasury Bills (comparable with savings accounts) have been 1.4%; for long-dated gilts, 2.1%; house

Investors in renewable infrastructure trusts have had a dismal few months. Share prices have kept falling, pushing up discounts to net asset value (NAV) and dividend yields from tempting to alarming. The £2.2 billion Renewables Infrastructure Group (LSE: TRIG) now

The performance of the shares of RIT Capital Partners (LSE: RCP) must be an acute embarrassment to the Rothschild family, whose reputation for financial acumen stretches back centuries. With more than 20% of the £3.8 billion trust, the family is

After Rachel Reeves’ Revenge Budget, many of those who had prematurely heralded a turnaround in the fortunes of the UK stock market had second thoughts. They had hoped for some measures, such as a partial lifting of stamp duty, to