The FCA falls short on small-business lending

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Small-business lending is still not within the FCA’s remit. So if you feel you have been mistreated by your bank, your ability to seek redress is limited.

Trifast, a British supplier of industrial fasteners, has tightened up its act over the past decade. And it’s now looking like a very good investment.

For six years, the price of gold has been stuck in a narrow range. Now, it looks like it is finally breaking out. Dominic Frisby looks at where it could go next.

Jabez Spencer Balfour built the largest building society in the land and swindled its depositors out of millions.

If gold gets through $1,400 an ounce, it could very quickly go a lot further, says hedge fund manager Paul Tudor Jones.

Look out for the devil in the detail of your travel insurance policy to make sure you’re fully covered.

Rumours of the demise of value investing have been exaggerated. John Stepek looks at what could reinvigorate the strategy.

Hedge funds have a habit of turning clients’ money into their own money, says Max King. Steer clear.

In the wake of Neil Woodford’s woes, fund manager H2O Asset Management has now been hit by concerns over illiquid assets in its portfolio. So how big a deal is this? And what can investors do about it? John Stepek explains.

Shares in German landlord Deutsche Wohnen have fallen by almost a fifth in two weeks following news that Berlin’s senate has approved a draft bill for a rent freeze.

Many developed-world sovereign bonds now carry negative yields – investors are paying for the privilege of lending governments money. John Stepek explains what’s going on.

Peter Hargreaves created a FTSE 100 company from scratch without borrowing or acquisition – and without scandal – at least until the Woodford one blew up in its face. 

Libra, the proposed new cryptocurrency from Facebook, could be huge, says Merryn Somerset Webb. Not because it is a cryptocurrency. But because it isn’t.

The idea of spreading Channel 4 staff around the country is well meant, but the regions have their own ideas, says Matthew Lynn.

Last spring’s GDPR is one of the most complex pieces of legislation the European Union has ever devised. But is it achieving what it was supposed to? 

With the US central bank now on board with the idea of cutting interest rates, John Stpeek looks at what this means for the charts that matter most to the global economy.