24 July 2025

Unleashing Animal Spirits or Lighting the Fuse?

When UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves declared regulation a “boot on the neck of businesses” at the Mansion House dinner, she wasn’t just addressing City elites - she was firing the starting gun on a new era of economic risk-taking. Her sweeping pledge to roll back financial red tape wasn’t just a policy shift; it was a commitment to reform. It was an ideological pivot, aligning Britain with a broader global trend: the return of animal spirits.

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16 July 2025

The Wealth Tax Debate: Britain’s High-Wire Act Between Fairness and Flight

The prospect of a UK wealth tax has once again ignited debate across boardrooms, investment houses, and political circles. In a country grappling with fiscal gaps and social priorities, the idea sounds seductively simple: tap into the wealth of millionaires and billionaires to fund public services and bridge social divides.

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09 July 2025

The Brutality of Markets: Tears, Weakness, and the Price of Blind Spots.

Politics can be bruising, but that's nothing compared to financial markets, which are downright merciless. Last week’s tears from UK Chancellor Rachel Reeves provided a rare human moment in Westminster. But to the markets, her visible emotion in the House of Commons wasn’t a sign of humanity; it was a flashing neon sign of potential weakness.

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02 July 2025

Tradition Meets Transformation: Investing the British Way in 2025

For generations, the UK investment community has stood on bedrock principles: prudence, diversification, and stewardship. These ethics have guided portfolios through wars, financial crises, and technological revolutions. However, here we are in 2025, in a market shaped by AI-driven funds, digital assets, ESG mandates, and geopolitical shocks.

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25 June 2025

PISCES: Can Private Markets Go Public Without the Pitfalls?

The UK's capital markets are entering uncharted waters with a new system for private companies. The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has approved PISCES - the Private Intermittent Securities and Capital Exchange System - a new platform allowing private companies to trade their shares in a regulated environment.

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18 June 2025

How Quantum Networks Will Redefine Low Latency Execution by 2030

In the world of institutional investing, speed has always been the sharpest edge. From co-location centres hugging stock exchanges to microwave towers slicing across continents, low latency execution has evolved into a full-scale technological arms race. But now, a new frontier looms, one that promises not just faster execution but a redefinition of how market participants interact altogether.

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