The £5 trillion ‘pyramid scheme’ threatening to wreck your retirement

The £5 trillion ‘pyramid scheme’ threatening to wreck your retirement

In 2021 alone, more than 1,500 British companies – many of them household names – vanished into private hands including supermarket chain Morrisons, defence supplier Ultra Electronics, and security giant G4S.  Private equity chalked up $1.3tr worth of deals worldwide – shattering the previous high of $670bn set in the year before Lehman Brothers imploded. … Read more

IG Design shares are worth holding on to – if you can tolerate the risks

IG Design shares are worth holding on to – if you can tolerate the risks

At least in the case of IG Design we have some protection against any such adverse trends, since its £132m market value compares with $206m (£170m) of inventory on the balance sheet and net tangible assets of $263m (£217m at the current sterling/dollar exchange rate of $1.21). There is also potential for gains should the … Read more