The UK debt ‘problem’? Calm down, dears by Savvas Savouri Standing at close to £759bn, the ‘stock’ of UK state debt acquired by the Bank of England on behalf of the state is not merely a considerable number but, to many, a monetary time-bomb. Indeed, I am often challenged with the question: when the Bank of England ‘deals’ with the debt it has landed itself
Global CRE asset allocation trends by Chua Yang Liang The pandemic has been with us for over a year, infecting more than 100 million people. Although vaccinations have begun around the world, the damage to the global economy is done. According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the world economy shrank by 3.5% in 2020 as lockdowns, freight bottlenecks and almost complete annihilation of
Investor gossip from NYC – the office evolves by David Auerbach and Mary Jensen For almost a year, we have personally witnessed friends and colleagues sharing pictures of their working-from-home digs. At the onset of the pandemic, we would see shots of a laptop on a bistro table situated on patios, balconies or even poolside. By last summer, we noticed more people converting under-utilised areas of their homes to
On the novelist’s nightstand by TA Cotterell This article was originally published in April 2020. A writer introduces his three go-to reads – short stories by JD Salinger and Denis Johnson, and a volume of essays and reviews by Martin Amis For almost every author, writing fiction is not a commercial proposition. There are a few, household names, who make a good
Pulling the rug out from under local football by Oliver Ash This article was originally published in October 2020. Artificial pitches help small clubs bring in revenue and foster community football. Why must they tear them up to get promoted? After the recent National League play-offs, Harrogate Town FC have just become the first English club playing on a 3G artificial pitch to be promoted to
How the detective story came of age by Tom Marriot This article was originally published in October 2020. With this novel, Raymond Chandler transformed the genre from the simple whodunnit to the philosophical musings of a troubled, flawed protagonist. Raymond Chandler’s novel The Long Goodbye, published in 1953, was a turning point in the evolution of the crime thriller and its familiar main protagonist, the
