By Richard Pickering, Head of Futures Strategy
Wailing banshees – Over 2 years ago, when it first became apparent that we would be leaving the EU, commentators described the potential exit options through reference to various countries that operated under
By Will Laing, International GIS Analyst, Cross Border Retail and Leisure
In an age when Tesla is finally hitting its manufacturing targets and Harley Davidson is about to debut its first electric motorcycle, the rise in e-bikes and e-scooters
By Richard Pickering, Head of Futures Strategy
Crash! – Ten years ago this week the unthinkable happened. Lehman Brothers, the fourth largest US investment bank and a 150-year-old stalwart of the financial sector, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The
By Richard Pickering, Head of Futures Strategy
Taxing Land, Not Investment – The Liberal Democrats last week published a report calling for a radical overhaul of commercial property taxation. The premise is that business rates are a tax on the
By Richard Pickering, Head of Futures Strategy
Close the Door How to solve the housing crisis? Simple supply and demand logic suggests that by removing a component of demand, the price of an asset will drop. Rather than increasing
