Neil Woodford: two years on

Two years after the collapse of Neil Woodford’s Equity Income fund, and with 300,000 investors still awaiting answers from the regulator despite being set to lose £1bn from its liquidation, industry commentators are calling for a solution to be found sooner...

Crackdown on financial fraud

The city watchdog has vowed to ‘up its game’ after a Money Mail investigation exposed how easily fraudsters can scam thousands of victims online. Last month, ThisisMoney revealed how a fake website they created, that promoted returns of 9.5% on bonds, had...

Inflation doubles

A surge in oil prices and a rise in household gas and electricity bills pushed UK inflation to 1.5% in April, its highest level since the start of the coronavirus pandemic in March 2020, according to official figures. An increase in the cost of clothing and footwear...

Fresh concerns over cryptocurrencies

Recently we almost saw cryptocurrency’s Black Wednesday. In the space of a few hours, Bitcoin’s price fell by up to 30%, from about $43,000 to around $31,000, before rebounding. As of now, it’s far from its all-time high of more than $63,000, reached just last month,...

What next for the property market?

It is generally regarded as a truism that the UK is embroiled in a love affair with property. This has been put to the test more rigorously than ever before over the past 15 months, with the Covid-19 crisis and sudden implementation of Brexit putting the brakes on...

Hedging with gold

Without question, we’re now seeing a resurgence of above average inflation and commentators believe it will only get worse. Some have been saying for a while that investors should find assets that will protect their portfolio from the ravages of inflation and is...