Original Broadcast: The Share Radio Evening Show
Sterling, financial debt and U.S technology firms might not be what spring to mind as an investment opportunity for 2017. Sterling is struggling against the dollar, interest rates look set to rise and President Trump's travel ban has tech firms in the US up in arms as they fear that they won't have access to the worlds top talents. However, these are just some of the areas that Coutts's investment team believe are ripe for investors. To discuss Coutts' 2017 Investment Outlook, timeless Principles in a Changing World, I'm joined by Alastair Jex, head of bespoke and advisory portfolios at Coutts Investment.
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It's the AIM-listed company with what's been described as a 'stratospheric' valuation. Purplebricks is a new breed of estate agent with an online focus. It made headlines when it raised almost £50mil in around 24 hours last week to fund a US expansion. It's now valued in the region of £647mil - close to the major players Countrywide and Foxtons. So what's behind the rise? Share Radio's Peta Fuller reports.
Guests: Peta Fuller
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Technology is changing almost every aspect of daily life and business and finance is no exception. Share Radio's Simon Rose and Steve Caplin, Share Radio's technology editor, look at the big technological changes that impact on the world of business, finance and money as well as some of the gadgets that help make everyday life a bit easier. On today's programme, they head back to the 80s, a time of big hair and small RAM, for a Sinclair Spectrum comeback.
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Crowdfunders is Share Radio's weekly look at the peer-to-peer and crowdfunding space, examining the latest news and developments in the fast growing world of alternative finance. On today's show, Share Radio's Ed Bowsher hears why Zopa is going back to basics and applying for a conventional banking license, as well as why the Innovative Finance ISA is taking so long to roll out.
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It's time to talk politics. Simon was joined by Jerry Hayes, former Conservative MP and now barrister and political commentator, and Maurice Smith, Share Radio's Scottish correspondent, to discuss how Theresa May could also be unleashing a second Scottish independence referendum when she pulls the Brexit trigger.
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Share Radio's Simon Rose brings you Market Wrap, a roundup of what's been happening in the businesses of Britain and the world. To help rattle through the day's events, Simon was joined by Ed Bowsher, Share Radio's Senior Analyst. They discussed: the merger between the owner of the London Stock Exchange and Germany's Deutsche Boerse has been thrown into doubt; changes to compensation payouts are expected to lead to a sharp increase in the cost of motor and business insurance; and the pound has dropped after the Times reported Number 10 is bracing for Scotland to call for an independence referendum.
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Conservatives have won the Cumbrian seat of Copeland in a by-election, marking the first time in 35 years a governing party has taken a seat from a rival at a UK by-election. Jeremy Corbyn has declared he won't resign in the aftermath of this result and when he was asked earlier today at a press conference whether he was the problem, he replied no. Simon was joined by Dr Mark Garnett, senior lecturer in Politics at Lancaster University joins me now.
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Original Broadcast: The Share Radio Evening Show
This is the Magazine Review, Share Radio's look at some of the stories dominating the pages of the country's leading business magazines. Share Radio's Simon Rose was joined in the studio by Money Observer Editor Faith Glasgow and Deputy Editor Kyle Caldwell.
Guests: Faith Glasgow,Kyle Caldwell
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The Share Radio Evening Show teams up with the FT Money Editor Claer Barrett to talk Serious Money - the personal finance and investment highlights of the FT Money section. On this edition, Claer and Share Radio's Simon Rose talked about Innovative Finance Isas being hit by further delays, passive aggressive investing, Insurance and the big data technology revolution
Guests: Claer Barrett
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It's time to talk politics. On today's programme, Simon Rose will be looking at the latest net migration figures with Jonathan Isaby, Editor of Brexit Central, the Government's prison shake-up with Andrew Neilson, Director of Campaigns at The Howard League for Penal Reform, as well as checking in with Lord Teverson, Liberal Democrat peer, to see how the Government's Brexit bill is getting on in the Lords.
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