Think all tech investors are obsessed with the latest gadgets and trends? Think again.

Veteran tech investor William de Gale, co-founder of BlueBox Asset Management, is avoiding Nvidia, sceptical of Bitcoin and searching for ‘boring’ companies.

What will be the endgame for SDR?

 

The regulator’s sustainable labels had a rocky start, with many rejecting the labels altogether amid various issues with the process,, but the teething problems appear to be over now, according to Parmenion’s senior investment manager Mollie Thornton.

How do we stop greenwashing, encourage genuine sustainability and call out bad practice? That’s the job facing Chris Welsford, director of Anthesis Research, a co-operative that researches the underlying holdings in sustainable portfolios. In this episode, we chat to Chris about how he conducts his research, and how he engages with fund managers to curate more sustainable portfolios.

Tom Naughton, manager of the $762m Prusik Asian Equity Income fund, discusses the incredible valuation gap between different markets in Asia, Chinese stimulus measures and how running a hedge fund influenced his approach.

Rachel Reeves ‘boxed herself into a corner’ with her election promises, according to AJ Bell’s head of public policy Rachel Vahey.

 

In this week’s episode, she breaks down Labour’s first budget, which brought a much-discussed CGT increase along with an inheritance tax hit on pensions. Employers also faced a rise in their national insurance contributions, prompting concern for many.

In an increasingly digital landscape, cash has started to feel somewhat antiquated and awkward. 

 

This week's guest, author and ex-broker Brett Scott, dives into the cultural dynamics of digital payments, and why the future will never be cashless.

Thomas Tuchel replaced Gareth Southgate as England boss last week, and this guest claims that in the football world, Keir Starmer would also have been shown the door by now.

 

This special episode is brought to you live from the Wealth Manager Retreat 2024. Keynote speaker Baroness Sayeeda Warsi sits down with Zachariah Sharif to give her take on the upcoming budget, and the economic mismanagement of recent years.

 

Warsi also says the Tories should ‘stop dreaming about government’, and focus on becoming a considered, thoughtful opposition party, criticising Tory leadership hopefuls Robert Jenrick and Kemi Badenoch.

Clients suffer from far too much inertia, and the younger generation will be much more likely to switch wealth managers – according to Shiv Gossain, CEO of AR Wealth Limited. In this week’s episode, we speak to Gossain, who founded AR Wealth Limited after leaving UBS last year, about consolidation in the industry, the future of AI, and the service levels clients should expect.

Have we reached ‘peak MPS’?

That’s the question on the mind of James Sullivan, head of partnerships at Tyndall Investment Management.

Reporters Zach Sharif and Natalia Vasnier discuss the saturation of the MPS market, the performance of active versus passive, and the ongoing pressure on fees.

Adam Whiteley, Insight Investment’s strongly performing head of global credit, discusses the latest moves from central banks, including the Federal Reserve’s first interest rate cut this cycle, and how investors are responding.