I have noted in earlier blogs that new research that I have been involved in, with colleagues, has shown that at least 20% of FTSE
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New research shows that FTSE companies are over paying dividends and under-emphasising making profit, whilst exposing investors to higher levels of risk than they appreciate
The report that I have worked on for some time with colleagues Prof Adam Leaver of Sheffield University and Prof Colin Hassan and Dr Nick
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Assessing the impact of shareholder primacy and value extraction: Performance and financial resilience in the FTSE350
I am reposting this from the blog of the Productivity Insights Network, which is funded by the Economic and Social Research Council in the UK.
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The UK is a dangerous experiment that is a threat to the rest of the world
This is near latest data on new Covid cases, comparing the UK and Europe, and using data from the FT: The UK is aberrational: remember
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Sunday morning thoughts
From my Twitter account this morning: What is this government doing? Just for the record, this is one plot of what is happening with Covid
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Jersey fights back – but the reality is that their government has no plan for the end of its finance sector
A week ago I published here the weekend essay I had written for the Jersey Evening Post, published by them on June 26. I made
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The OECD does a tax deal and it is time for tax justice to begin to shift its focus for the sake of developing countries
In another post this morning I made the comment that in many areas there are purists who think that there are perfect outcomes to the
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Labour won Batley and Spen but Galloway won’t save it everywhere, and it needs to be very worried
Labour has won Batley and Spen, just. Am I relieved? Of course I am. Who wouldn’t be? More worrying was that over 20,000 people voted
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Sunak’s green bonds are a step forward, but one with many caveats attached
Rushi Sunak has announced that National Savings & Investments (NS&I) will issue a £15 billion bond to fund green projects this autumn. I have been
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