*Evan Osnos We live in a time where there is a significant focus on achieving diversity,  particularly in the workplace.  We know that diversity in all its forms brings about…

*Dorothy Kilgallen ‘England and America are two countries divided by a common language’, a quotation attributed to George Bernard Shaw, reflecting the differences between the two nations notwithstanding the assumed…

*Walter Elliot Two of the key tenets of institutional investment today are sustainability and long-term horizons.  Institutional asset owners require their active asset manager to identify companies that can generate…

Casey Stengel So, the decorations have been packed away, the plans for a healthier lifestyle dusted down and the new diary open; intent on efficient working for the year ahead. …

As someone who has not too long ago transitioned from being employed to self-employed I have, in previous posts, extoled the benefits of my newly found freedom.  Although I try…

On the front of the US one dollar bill are the words “In God we Trust”.  At this time of year, those words evoke a memory of the scene in…

In the world of investment we talk a lot about diversification.  Harry Markowitz is quoted as having said ‘diversification is the only free lunch in investing’ and we certainly have…

Quite often I write here about subjects of which I am oblivious at the time of them happening; whether that is geographically – as I did about China’s 11.11 last…

It is perhaps a sign of quasi-normalising when I can open my post with the words ‘when at a conference last week’ and I’m not talking about the video-conference variety,…

There has been a strange development in the Brackett household.  At one side of the house resides the domain of Institutional Adviser Ltd, my business.  At the other side, in…