Three poor deals for trust investors

Thirty-eight years after banker Walter Salomon died, his son William has at last finished untangling his inheritance. Initially, many assumed that the complex web of corporate cross-holdings between v

The sale after 17 years of the last of the government’s stake in NatWest has led some to claim that this was good news for the banking sector. The stock overhang has been removed and the sale has got

Managers of open-ended funds must carefully consider the liquidity of their holdings, because they may need to sell assets to meet redemptions. Since small and mid-sized companies are less liquid than

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The television drama Succession ended two years ago, but the fictional squabbling of the Roy family reflects how many family firms – where a family or the founder retains a major stake – are still vie

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