
Love at first sight… can sometimes have a nasty bite!
The bitcoin journey quite aptly characterises the early stages of a failed relationship. Dave Sheep is just a normal guy… good looking, mid-20s, athletic build with an infrequent interest in investments. He’s in town one day, just picking up a few bits when he walks into a shop…

Alex Chappell
9th February, 2018

Investment Review Quarter 4 2017
Market Review of Quarter Four A strong start, a flat middle and a buoyant finish – the three distinct phases that characterised investment markets in 2017. The main stock markets started the year on the front foot, led by Europe and Emerging Markets. The…

Ashley Brooks
12th January, 2018

This is a letter sent back from the future by an advanced digital being. Dear Debbie Wood, This email finds you via a manipulation of space -time from far in the future. I am writing to warn you about the growing…

Alex Chappell
19th May, 2017

Cyber Crime: How to Protect Your Business
In what was one of the best moments ever caught on the big screen, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid epitomise why cyber insurance should be taken more seriously… They always get away right… Butch and Sundance? Maybe not this time. After…

Risk
29th July, 2016

Investment Review Quarter Two 2016
Market Review of Quarter 2: Our expectations for 2016 of low growth, low interest rates, lots of headwinds and regular bouts of volatility continued into quarter two. Speculation surrounding “Brexit” was the key theme in global markets and with equities rallying in the…

Ashley Brooks
14th July, 2016

Question the Committee: Edition 2
Chairman’s Note: First of all, I’d like to thank everyone who took the time to engage with us in the second edition of Question the Committee. Our pilot in December was extremely successful and in this edition we…

Ashley Brooks
1st July, 2016

They think it’s all over… It is now!
It’s been a funny old week, after beating Wales, the England football team was in poll position to push on, win their group and secure a place in the weak half of the draw for the closing stages of the European championships. On Monday night however,…

Ashley Brooks
24th June, 2016

You are sitting on a beach in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, enjoying some sunshine and getting away from the pressures of everyday life. For some reason (and just go with it in this example) you are playing with a child’s plastic beach toy, building a sandcastle.

Alex Chappell
10th June, 2016