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Feb 21, 20212 min read
British Pound Sterling breaks out
In view of the vaccination rates, the post-Brexit UK economy is proving resilient which can be seen by the rising strength of the GBP,...
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Feb 21, 20215 min read
Market Roundup
Spotlight: Bitcoin (BTC) Last week, all eyes were pointed at a single cryptocurrency while it reached a significant market capitalisation...
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Feb 21, 202113 min read
EXCLUSIVE: Leeds Finance Summit Coverage
A statement from Yuesong Cai, the President and main organiser of Leeds Finance Summit: "I am Yuesong Cai, a first-year undergraduate...
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Feb 21, 20215 min read
Bitcoin on the rise: $53,000 and counting
On 19th February, the price of Bitcoin hit an all-time high of $53,000, the latest milestone in a strong rally. The dramatic rise comes...
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Feb 21, 20213 min read
Pinterest – ‘Uninspired’ by Microsoft’s $51 Billion Bid
Microsoft’s most recent venture involved a staggering $51 billion offer to take over the well-known social media company Pinterest....
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Feb 21, 20213 min read
A tale of fashion conquests: How are online retailers Boohoo and Asos taking over the industry?
Online Fashion retailers have created a very lucrative business model relying on low prices, trendy clothing and a very efficient...
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Feb 21, 20213 min read
RCEP: The World’s Largest Free Trade Zone
After a series of arduous negotiations, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (RCEP) was signed on December 14th,...
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Feb 21, 20213 min read
DeFi: Pioneering crypto as a social benefactor
ESG (short for environmental, social, governance) investing is often summarised as ‘sustainable’ investing. However, this is an...
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Feb 7, 20213 min read
India’s budget battle against faltering GDP
On the 26th November 1947, the first Union budget of Independent India was published. The latest, unveiled on 1st of February, echoes...
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Feb 7, 20214 min read
Introduction to Investment Banking: The start to an eventful career
Investment banking is an incredibly lucrative career, with some first-year analysts earning up to £92,000 per year. The idea of earning...
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Feb 7, 20213 min read
A Telecom dilemma: How a merger between titans might affect prices
On 7th May 2020, Liberty Global and Telefonica announced their plans to merge Virgin Media (Virgin) and O2. Initially, the European...
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Feb 7, 20213 min read
Why ESG Investing needs to be the New Norm
The global allocation of capital in financial markets is still strongly weighted against global interest. This needs to change; we don’t...
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Feb 7, 20214 min read
Burnley FC: From Rags to Riches
A toxic combination of Brexit and COVID have had contractionary effects on the English Premier League, vastly restricting the funds...
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Feb 7, 20215 min read
Market Roundup
Spotlight on GameStop (GME) At the heart of the battle between Reddit retail investors and Wall Street, GameStop, a video game retailer,...
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Feb 7, 20213 min read
Investing in the future of water
If you’ve seen The Big Short, then you probably remember that it ended with the rather ominous message that Michael Burry, the man who...
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Feb 7, 20212 min read
Where is the Profit? How non-profit tech companies have surged in volume
With 2020 firmly in the rear-view mirror, one aspect that has continued into 2021 is the major disconnect between the financial markets...
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Jan 25, 20215 min read
Democracy in recession: an economic perspective
This is a guest article written by Hugh Lupson, a former History & Geography student at the University of Leeds Joe Biden is now the...
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Jan 20, 20214 min read
Market Roundup
This article refernces the weeks at the end of December leading up to January Spotlight on Tesla Tesla has gone from strength to strength...
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Jan 18, 20213 min read
Regulating Big Tech, the New Social Dilemma
In the last decade, the technological sector has grown beyond the scope of imagination and in the process, propelled society forward....
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Jan 11, 20214 min read
Wisdom from three financial experts: Generation X vs Y
Andrea Pankhurst is the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of a small specialist cleaning company, based in Derbyshire, UK. Her husband,...
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