How to avoid a widening gap. Investors and occupiers are increasingly prioritising environmental, social and governance (ESG) credentials as part of their appraisal process for office space across the UK. As the demand for grade A office space rises alongside the volume of ESG-related legislation for property owners, a two-tier office market of prime space […]
Post-Covid, life has not yet reached the new normal, according to this writer. Some readers will know that I relocated from Hong Kong to the UK in early March. I have to say that it was a traumatic experience, not to put too fine a point on it. There are two main reasons why it […]
A look at how accurate predictions proved to be. If my thought process at the beginning of the year was ‘Buy the Discounts’, the corollary was to ‘Sell the Premiums’. Doing the latter would have saved you a lot of money, doing the former wouldn’t have cost you much. I write just after the two largest […]
We continue with the next instalment in the series on Nobel laureate authors, some of whom may not stand the test of time. In terms of sheer volume, it is hard to beat Galsworthy, whose 1932 citation records his ‘distinguished art of narration which takes its highest form in The Forsyte Saga‘. It is perhaps […]
Originally published May 2022. Economists have shaped the modern world in many ways. Governments make policy choices in response to the data that we produce about things like GDP and inflation. Social media companies use our insights about human behaviour to create features that encourage people to use their platforms. And we’re at the heart […]
Originally published June 2022. How the metaverse may impact on the real world. Sweat streaming down my face, I landed a punch straight into his midriff. The force of the blow sent him stumbling backwards. Now was the time to finish this. Reeling back my right arm, fist clenched tight, I swung forward, my full weight […]
The chaos in Sri Lanka has deepened after the country’s president, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, fled to the Maldives. The president and his family left Colombo on a military jet just hours before he was due to resign in the face of massive popular protests which culminated on July 9 with crowds of demonstrators storming the presidential […]
They’re all under one roof. Who sets the price? Historically, the real estate sector, and in particular the listed real estate, was regarded as a single asset class and generalist investors (ie, not real estate specialists) typically increased weightings ahead of what they perceived to be the next upswing in the real estate cycle, with […]
Our research gave a surprising result. Money can’t buy happiness. Many of us are told this at some point in our lives, but that doesn’t seem to stop many people from wanting more of it – even very rich people. The question is, how much money do we each need to satisfy our desires? Economists often […]
After spending many years as an unloved also-ran, the FTSE 100 is finally getting its moment in the spotlight. While it hasn’t produced any growth in 2022, it has managed to fall by less than just about every other major index on the planet. So far this year, the FTSE 250 and S&P 500 have both […]
