Do TV and Film Investments Make Money?

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Trends in television The introduction of video-on-demand (VOD) services including Amazon and Netflix has revolutionised the way we watch TV. They are each gaining millions of new subscribers each year and produce ever more of their own award-winning…

Private Equity Returns Still Outperform Public Markets

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Private equity buyout funds globally delivered returns that beat public equity markets by a sizable margin in 2016. In the U.S., funds delivered a 6% end-to-end pooled internal rate of return (IRR) for the 12 months ending June 2016, compared…

Chinese companies post triple-digit growth in UK

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Chinese-owned companies have recorded triple-digit growth in the past two years in United Kingdom, the Financial Times reported, citing research by Grant Thornton, a UK-based professional services firm. Revenues of the top 30 companies, which…

How Global Stock Markets Have Changed in 117 Years

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At the end of 1899, both Queen Victoria and Czar Nicholas II still sat on their respective thrones, William McKinley was the 25th American President, and Germany had not even been unified for 30 years. Notably, all these countries had some…

US investment giant sets sights on Latin American market

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US asset management group Dodge & Cox is looking to extend its international reach and has put Latin America firmly in its sights. The San Francisco firm, which manages over $280 billion, of which $190 billion is concentrated in just…

Why small caps have the edge

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The small cap bull market was on a high from early summer of 2012 until mid-2014. During this period, many small cap stocks enjoyed a dramatic re-rating. However, in the past couple of years the relative performance of these stocks has been…

Intermediaries turn to tax strategies in hunt for yield

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Tax planning has become the latest tool for intermediaries seeking breathing room in client portfolios, as they strain to eke out higher returns without dragging investors further up the risk spectrum. Though advisers have long advocated…

What makes an investor sign the cheque?

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Investing in startups is exciting. Having been on both sides of the negotiation table, it’s given me great insight in the emotional, financial and administrative side effects of having a “good idea”. My mentor and I lead an investment…

Stop Keeping Tax Breaks A Secret, Urge Fund Managers

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Fund managers are urging the government to spread the word about tax incentives for start-up investors. The money men say too few businesses and entrepreneurs are aware of the benefits of the Seed Enterprise Investment Scheme (SEIS) and the…

Why Brexit could be a catalyst for crowdfunding campaigns

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Looking closely at some of the potential impacts of Brexit on the alternative finance market, and they could be catalysts for crowdfunding campaigns across the UK. For some, a few of the immediate responses to Brexit within the crowdfunding…

Has Brexit been a blessing in disguise for structured products?

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As we try to make sense of rising equity markets against a background of global economies struggling to grow, it is nonetheless reassuring that the shockwaves from Brexit have not continued to bite. Sentiment was badly affected in June with…