Hints and tips:
...This was not always the case: the proportion of variable rate debt has fallen sharply over the last decade, from a peak of c.70% in 2012....
...There are also online tools to help people work out whether they can buy in certain areas, such as an interactive map provided by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation....
...Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation has named Clarke Adams as head of high-yield capital markets and Matt Burke as head of leveraged finance origination....
...And in Citizens United vs F.E.C., it ruled that corporations had a First Amendment right to spend money on elections....
...Corporation tax is a tax on investment not on shareholders, corporation tax revenue should be reduced to zero....
...Big global equity trusts F&C (FCIT), Brunner (BUT) and Alliance Trust (ATST) have all outperformed the MSCI World index in the past year, thanks to their portfolios having less exposure to underperforming...
...The C-suite drama would be followed by much bigger problems....
..., F&C and Greencoat UK Wind — top £3bn....
...Much of the money ended up in long-dated mortgage securities carrying low yields that have since lost over $15bn in value....
...Far too many are remaining complacent or failing to respond at all,” said Dexter Galvin, CDP’s global director of corporations and supply chains....
...“We’re taxing share buybacks, to make sure that large corporations pay their fair share, and to encourage them to reinvest their profits in workers and in Canada,” the report said....
...The author has holdings in F&C Investment Trust and Scottish Mortgage Investment Trust....
...The January 2022 risk control report gave the bank a “gentleman’s C”, finding that SVB lagged behind similar banks on 11 of 11 factors considered and was “substantially below” them on 10 out of 11....
...A number of the great global generalists, including F&C, Witan and Scottish Mortgage, are growth-focused and pay less than 2 per cent....
...Rowntree of Paragon says the lender is currently seeing a modest increase in borrowers applying for mortgages on A to C rated homes, and fewer for those in lower categories....
...So Jim, what was the point of Rishi Sunak’s bringing together 250 odd footsie bosses, C-suite people, all the rest of it?...
...Interested readers can go to the BIS for the rest of the quarterly report, plus a triennial survey of FX trading and an interesting box on illiquidity in US mortgage markets....
...She received a fee for speaking at the F&C Investment Trust conference mentioned above. merryn@ft.com...
...However, the role of pledged collateral markets (C) in the transmission of monetary policy is ignored. C is also f(r) and a metric for moneyness....
...Private renters are also more likely to be in the F or G bracket than owner occupiers....
...The sector is awaiting a government response to a consultation on the matter, which closed in January, though landlords are already barred from letting properties with an F or G rating, with a few exceptions...
...That’s F-L-I-C. For more information about your rights as a tenant, do check out the Generation Rent website. Jason Butler is on Instagram and Twitter. He’s @jbthewealthman. Timi is @mrmoneyjar....
...Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has remained alongside oil and mining groups Chevron, ExxonMobil and Glencore among the nearly 17,000 companies graded an “F” after failing to provide any environmental...
...A greater discount of 3.5 per cent applied to properties with an EPC level F or G, compared with level D....
...Since mid-October, 10-year gilt rates have fallen, debt servicing costs are down, mortgage rates are lower and inflation has peaked....
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