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Jonathan Ford is the City editor of the FT, and writes a weekly column about business and finance.
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When compared with public markets on a consistent basis, they are not so stellar
Fee structures encourage excessive debt and transfer too much value to insiders
The party wants to change the way companies are owned. But are its ideas fuelled by 1970s nostalgia?
Intriguing dual-autonomy proposal might be one way of squaring the border circle
Investors seeking compensation could bring lawsuits under bilateral treaties
Changing it will require more than a fund manager’s change of heart
Fair-weather strategy carries risk for investors
Sensible society would not allow these groups to rig odds as they gamble with economy
Slow, inefficient and high-handed are all epithets flung at the UK financial watchdog
How taking the brakes off betting created a generation of online addicts
Pension funds pay richly for returns that come mainly from leverage
In practice, it allows asset values to be marked up and future profits to be factored in
Industry should embrace wider participation, less immersive products and modest stakes
Public funds should be used if they deliver at lower cost
The high-street fashion empire of Philip Green is on the rocks.
Commitment to reach net zero by 2050 may not cost £1tn as the chancellor forecast, but it will hurt
Celebrated investor’s decision to run an open-ended fund suited everyone except investors
The fund manager who vowed to make Middle England rich lost his Midas touch
Relying on share prices does not always guarantee best or fairest outcome
Greyhound bus business being sold off is squeezed by low-cost airlines
Shareholders angry at party suggestion it would pay compensation below market prices
One might question Greybull’s skill at rescues but that’s to misunderstand business model
The social platform has proved an ideal forum but algorithms are commoditising Instapoetry
High returns from private monopolies cannot be justified
Andrew Bailey took interest in complaint against Lloyds Bank but did not investigate
