Investment
Alternatives | 19 Feb 18
Bitcoin owners under threat from in-person attacks
Owners of virtual currencies are being targeted in reality, with growing reports of in-person attacks to force people to transfer their cryptocurrencies to anonymous online wallets owned by their attackers.
Investment | 16 Feb 18
Global stock markets bounce back
Global stock markets were poised to end the week on a positive note on Friday, following the previous week’s sharp selloff, as investors shrugged off inflation fears and turned the focus back on economic growth and corporate earnings.
Alternatives | 16 Feb 18
New Earth liquidators assessing legal options
Liquidators of the failed New Earth Recycling and Renewables (NERR) fund now have more than 200,000 documents in their possession and want to establish if there is a case to take legal action against any party deemed liable for the collapse.
S Africa advisers want ‘cool heads to prevail’ post-Zuma
The resignation of South Africa’s embattled president Jacob Zuma is a positive step for the country’s economy, but advisers warn the change of guard does not guarantee success for the struggling nation.
Best Practice | 15 Feb 18
How was the British Steel pension scandal allowed to happen?
A damning report from the UK’s Work and Pensions Committee has blasted the actions of some financial advisers who acted like “vultures”, and who “bamboozled” British Steel Pension Scheme (BSPS) members, raising questions about how this could happen in a post-RDR world?