Question the Committee Edition 4
Committee’s Note A note from the Investment Committee (“IC”) Chairman Firstly, I’d like to thank you all for your questions and engagement with Question the Committee 2018. The Committee have enjoyed the variety of questions received, varying from comments on global financial markets and key political…
The Investment Committee
17th August, 2018
Holidays are an opportunity for reflection. Reflection about a number of things, but in the main I reflect on where we are as a business, in relation to longer term plans. Day to day it can often feel like there is not much progress, like you are simply…
Ashley Brooks
27th July, 2018
Investment Review Quarter 2 2018
Market Review Just as Q1 marked the return of volatility to investment markets, Q2 showed it was here to stay. Trade wars V2 commanded most of the headlines, as Trump continued to try and disrupt global balances. For us though, it has been very much about…
Ashley Brooks
13th July, 2018
Charities Update Two weeks on…. the crowds have finally dissipated, the sounds of shaking buckets have ebbed, and the DB Wooders are back to walking normally. We want to say a big thank you to anyone who came to cheer us on in our annual static…
DB Wood Team
6th July, 2018
Two steps forward, one step back…
Walking down to the shops with my Dad to buy sweets on a Sunday morning was a weekly tradition when I was a little girl. The name of the game; maximising the number of sweets given the pocket money in my purse. Penny chews were an obvious choice;…
Rhiannon Sanders
22nd June, 2018
Around this time of year, as the days start to feel long, a certain atmosphere fills the air at DB Wood. Some call it anticipation, some might even call it fear… I just prefer to think of it as pure excitement! That’s right, it’s the time…
DB Wood Team
7th June, 2018
As a beautiful evening in a valley in Leicestershire ensued, I was gearing up for the first tennis match of the season. I was feeling positive; practice had been going well, the sun was out, the courts were looking great, and I was eager to get competitive.
Alex Chappell
18th May, 2018
When reading my 8-year-old son’s school work last week I was interested to find his ‘time plan of my life’. He started with his early life as a beaver, then progressed to a specific senior school, had an aim to go to university, before marrying and having twin…
Ashley Brooks
4th May, 2018
Anyone who started higher education after 1990 has been eligible for student finance. Those who have a student loan (and their parents for that matter) are likely to recall that first glance at a settlement statement from the Student Loans Company. These statements land annually, updating you on…
Oliver Crampton
20th April, 2018
Investment Review Quarter 1 2018
Market Review The first two weeks of 2018 saw a continuation of steady growth within investment markets. Although many of these markets were trading near to or at all-time highs, economic data still appeared relatively supportive of further growth. However, history has taught us to be…
The Investment Committee
6th April, 2018
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