Investors' Chronicle

Personal Finance Show: Capturing Europe's recovery

17 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's personal finance podcast Toby Gibb, European investment director at Fidelity, joins the team look at what's been driving European equit...

Companies & Markets Show: Xmas is coming

16 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

 IC editor John Hughman is joined by Mark Robinson and Harriet Russell to discuss the week's big market news, including major updates from the gr...

Boardroom Talk: Brady

13 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

We spoke with Ian Jenks, executive chairman of Brady, about how the company's business model is changing and what the future might hold. Listed on Aim...

Personal Finance Show: Investment trust special

10 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's investment trust special James Carthew, head of research at QuotedData, joins the team to explain the importance of discounts and premi...

Companies & Markets Show: A load of hot air

09 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's show IC editor John Hughman is joined by news editor Emma Powell and tips editor Algy Hall to discuss his annual Phileas Fogg-inspired ...

Boardroom Talk: Velocys

07 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Great technologies do not always make for great investments. For much of the last decade, gas-to-liquids specialist Velocys has been an example of thi...

Personal Finance Show: The most exciting opportunity in the world

03 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's show Rachel Winter, senior investment manager at Killik, explains what the implications are of the first interest rate rise in 10 years...

Interest rates, pharma's woes, Simon Thompson & more

02 Nov 2017

Contributed by Lukas

 IC editor John Hughman is joined by writers Emma Powell and Megan Boxall to discuss a busy week on the markets, including a flurry of news from ...

Boardroom Talk: GoCompare

30 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Research suggests price comparison websites have been good for consumers. But do the companies behind those websites also make good investments?For th...

Personal Finance Show: Combating inflation and a strict approach to income

27 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's show the team consider which assets are vulnerable to inflation and which ones could combat it. They also profile a fund which achieves...

Companies & Markets Show: Mixed signals

26 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's show, John Hughman and the team discuss a brace of profit warnings, signs of life in the troubled oil services sector, updates from the...

Personal Finance Show: Dealing with inflation, commercial property comeback & quitting Woodford

20 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's show Ed Smith, head of asset allocation at Rathbones, joins the team to explain why inflation has been rising and what it means for in...

Companies & Markets Show: Great techspectations

19 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Editor John Hughman is joined by Megan Boxall and Harriet Clarfelt to discuss the big news in the latest magazine and this week's cover story about in...

Boardroom Talk: Equiniti

18 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Pension reforms and the debate over voting rights for investors in nominee accounts are just two of the topics covered in this week’s Boardroom Talk...

The Extraction Podcast: President Energy

16 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Peter Levine may be best known as the former chief of Imperial Energy, the former-FTSE 250 oil and gas company he sold for $2.4bn in 2009. His focus h...

Personal Finance Show: People's Trust collapse and buying overseas shares

13 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week the team glimpses inside a reader's portfolio. How realistic is her goal of a £13,000 income in retirement is and how could she improve. ...

Companies & Markets Show: Do buyers dream of electric cars?

12 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's Companies & Markets Show IC editor John Hughman is joined by Mark Robinson and Harriet Russell to talk about the inexorable rise of ele...

The Extraction Podcast: SolGold

09 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Copper-gold explorer SolGold moved from Aim to the main market this month, in a bid to get on the radar of the world's largest banks and funds. But it...

Personal Finance Show: X-factor ETFs & property vs pensions

06 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Exchange traded funds with the X-factor, how pension income stacks up against buy to let and this month’s markets and your money, all on the menu in...

Companies & Markets Show: On tiles, flooring, dogs, and kettles

05 Oct 2017

Contributed by Lukas

IC editor John Hughman, is joined by Megan Boxall, Emma Powell and stockpicking guru Simon Thompson to discuss the big news in this week's magazine, i...

Personal Finance Show: Bonds to buy, P2P problems & more

29 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Inflation is on the rise and central bankers in the US and UK look poised to raise interest rates – both things could have a big impact on the bonds...

Out with the old, in with the new

28 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

IC editor John Hughman, is joined by Megan Boxall, Julia Faurschou and stockpicking guru Simon Thompson to discuss the big news in this week's mag, in...

Boardroom Talk: Quiz Clothing

25 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

It's been a difficult year for British retail, so a new IPO was unexpected to say the least. Chief financial officer Gerard Sweeney and chief commerci...

PF Show: A biotech bubble and turning to VCTs

22 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's Personal Finance Show Daniel Godfrey, chief executive of The People's Trust, joins the team to talk about this investment trust's forth...

Companies & Markets Show: Top of the shops

21 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

IC editor John Hughman is joined by Harriet Russell and Mark Robinson to talk about retail's bounceback and the takeoff of business drones. Plus the l...

Personal Finance Show: IC Top 100 Funds special

15 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Personal finance editor Leonora Walters is joined by Darius McDermott, managing director at Chelsea Financial Services to discuss the IC’s new Top 1...

Resources, retail and results season

14 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Editor John Hughman is joined by Ian Smith and Megan Boxall to discuss a new mining float, resource nationalism, retailers & more Hosted on Acast. Se...

Personal Finance Show: Barclays' platform woes and Templeton's turnaround

08 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Why everyone is talking about Barclays new DIY investment platform, August’s markets and your money and Templeton Emerging Markets’ turnaround. Th...

Storms, software, streaming & Simon Thompson

07 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The companies team discuss the impact of Hurricane Harvey on the US oil & gas market, the takeover of engineering software provider Aveva and how to i...

IC Questions: Are dividends safe at BT, Vodafone, Rio and BHP?

04 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In our second podcast on the FTSE 100's largest dividend payers, we take a look at the telecoms and mining sectors.Companies editor Ian Smith puts the...

Personal Finance Show: Scorching solar-powered income and paying off uni fees

01 Sep 2017

Contributed by Lukas

How you could be earning a 6.6% per cent yield from the power of the sun and should you help your kids with university fees? Deputy personal finance e...

Companies & Markets Show: The changing face of TV

31 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's podcast there are some projections on the future shape of television by Megan Boxall, an explanation of what went wrong for two outsour...

PF Podcast: Flirting with bond risk and Indian funds

25 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week deputy personal finance editor Kate Beioley is joined by Dickie Hodges, manager of Nomura Global Dynamic Bond fund in order to take the temp...

Companies & Markets Show: Provident, prophecy and property

24 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's show, news editor Emma Powell weighs up the prospects of Provident Financial after its calamitous profit warning, tips editor Algy Hall...

The ideal portfolio part 2: Asset allocation secrets from the professionals

23 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In the second of this two-part special, deputy personal finance editor Kate Beioley peeks under the bonnet of the asset management industry to ask how...

Personal Finance Show: Income fund stars and fund fees explained

18 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week deputy personal finance editor Kate Beioley is joined by Jason Hollands, managing director at Tilney Group and personal finance writer Emma ...

Companies & Markets Show: Nervy motors, recovering outsourcers and bargain hunting

17 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Companies editor Ian Smith is joined by sectors editor Harriet Russell and specialist writer Tom Dines to discuss what half-year results told us about...

Boardroom Talk: Mytrah Energy

15 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Harriet Clarfelt spoke with Bob Smith, executive vice president of Mytrah, about the company's growth trajectory and how it is addressing the need for...

PF Show: Emerging market tech stars & the best European equities

11 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Forget Facebook and Netflix, emerging markets are the place to look for the next major technology stocks. And how should you invest in Europe today - ...

Companies & Markets Show: Interest rates, banks & defence

10 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

On this pod this week, the companies team talks interest rates, high-yield commercial property, big bank earnings, and defence stocks in a week where ...

The ideal portfolio: The art of risk management

09 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In the first in a two part special, IC writer James Norrington looks at how private investors can check they aren't left short-changed once returns ar...

Boardroom Talk: LidCo

07 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

With a market capitalisation of £30m, Aim-traded LidCo (LID) may be small, but the hospital monitoring equipment specialist has grand plans for US ex...

Personal Finance Show: How to escape the rat race

04 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's personal finance podcast the team look at which markets and funds have been performing well, funds which have been underperforming and ...

Companies & Markets Show: Tobacco, estate agency & other vices

03 Aug 2017

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's pod, the companies team discusses the US Food and Drug Administration's latest intervention in the tobacco sector, and some poor interi...

IC Questions: Can Shell, GSK and Astra keep their dividends?

31 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Podcast editor Alex Newman and specialist writer Megan Boxall join companies editor Ian Smith to discuss what the interim results season told us about...

Personal Finance Show: Getting the best of US equities

28 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's show Chris Justham, relationship manager at Seven Investment Management, joins the team to consider whether you should invest in US equ...

Companies & Markets Show: Are shops in for a shock?

27 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

IC editor John Hughman asks Harriet Russell whether we should be worried about household spending, catches up with Simon Thompson about his latest sma...

Boardroom Talk: Hays

24 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Recruiters are often hailed as bellwethers of economic activity, so what are we to read into the steady recent performance of Hays (HAS)? Is the outfi...

Personal Finance Show: Pension freedoms problems and Barclays platform upheaval

21 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's personal finance show James Baxter, managing partner at Tideway Investments, joins the team to explain some problems relating to pensio...

Companies & Markets show 20 July 2017: Profit Protection

20 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's companies and markets show IC editor John Hughman and tips editor Algy Hall explain what to do when a profit warning strikes, while sma...

Boardroom Talk: Aurora Investment Trust

18 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Housebuilders aren’t as cheap as they were in the years immediately after the financial crash, and some maintain that they are now too expensive. So...

Personal Finance Show: Assessing the investment landscape

14 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's show Ed Smith, asset allocation strategist at Rathbones, considers which investment areas will do well and which might struggle in the ...

Companies & Markets Show: John Baron special

13 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's show editor John Hughman speaks to columnist John Baron about the strategies guiding the success of his ever-popular investment trust p...

Boardroom Talk: Safestyle

11 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

As attention turns to the property market in the wake of last year's referendum, what does this mean for the home improvement sector? Company bosses f...

Personal Finance Show: Managing your portfolio through volatility

07 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

This week Don Smith, chief investment officer at Brown Shipley, joins the team to discuss how best to manage your portfolio through volatility. They a...

Companies & Markets Show: Cooling off

06 Jul 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's companies and markets podcast IC editor John Hughman is joined by Ian Smith and Tom Dines to discuss retail wobbles, under fire energy ...

Personal Finance Show: Cheap equity income

30 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The team highlight some areas where you can find cheap equity income, and look at how the financial regulator is proposing to make fund fees fairer. T...

Companies & Markets Show: 2017 Tips of the Year, so far

29 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The companies team is joined by tips editor Algy Hall for a mid-point review of the 2017 Tips of the Year, with more on Brexit-proof stocks and the la...

Boardroom Talk: Somero Enterprises

27 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Somero Enterprises (SOM) is one of Aim's standout performers. In 2016, the concrete levelling specialist booked its sixth successive year of operating...

Personal Finance Show: A-share OK & Brexit beneficiaries

23 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's show the team are joined by Ryan Hughes, head of fund selection at AJ Bell, to consider the implications of including domestic Chinese ...

Companies & Markets Show: Digital to the doorstep

22 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The companies team discusses e-commerce giant Amazon's Whole Foods deal, Provident Financial's home credit stumble, and the latest from the world of b...

Boardroom Talk: Schroder Real Estate Investment Trust

19 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

What’s going to happen in the real estate sector following the surprise result of the general election? Jonas Crosland talks to Duncan Owen, global ...

Personal Finance Show: Tech wobbles

16 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's show the team consider whether tech funds are still worth consideration following the recent correction in this sector. They also set o...

Companies & Markets Show: Retail's day to forget

15 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The team discuss a double whammy for retail stocks with weak sales data and the DFS profit warning, how social media is changing the ad world, and pri...

IC Questions: Is this the end of the credit cycle?

14 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

What point are we at in the credit cycle and are we standing on the brink of another financial crash? In this special edition roundtable podcast secto...

Personal Finance Show: The election effect

09 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's personal finance podcast the team discuss the effect the election will have on currency and bonds with Nick Gartside, chief investment ...

Companies & Markets Show: How chaotic a coalition?

09 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's special edition of the IC Companies & Markets Show, the team discuss the dramatic end of the snap election and how markets have respond...

Boardroom Talk: PageGroup

06 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

PageGroup is one of the largest recruitment companies in the UK, with operations spanning sectors and continents. Tom Dines sits down with chief execu...

Personal Finance Show: Fund launch

02 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's show Daniel Godfrey, co-founder of The People's Trust, explain what this forthcoming fund will invest in and how it will be run. The te...

Companies & Markets Show: Oil spill

01 Jun 2017

Contributed by Lukas

IC editor John Hughman speaks to Alex Newman about the problems at oil services group Petrofac, and rounds up the rest of the week's big market storie...

Boardroom Talk: The Gym Group

30 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The Gym Group came to market in late 2015 amid a flurry of excitement about the company’s disruptive business model and potential for long-term grow...

Personal Finance Show: Top 50 ETFs

26 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's show Giles Frost, chief executive officer of Amber, joins the team to explain the investment strategy of International Public Partnersh...

Companies & Markets Show: Beds, bars and beyond

25 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

IC editor John Hughman is joined by news editor Emma Powell and new recruit Julia Faurschou to discuss the week's most interesting market news, includ...

The Extraction Podcast: SDX Energy

23 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Since listing a year ago this week, SDX Energy has been one of Aim's top-performing stocks. For the latest in our extraction podcast series, Alex Newm...

Personal Finance Show: Woodford, ETFs & smartphones

19 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's show Ben Yearsley, director at Shore Financial Planning, joins the team to assess the merits of some major changes Neil Woodford has ma...

Companies & Markets Show: How to back the hack

18 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's podcast IC editor John Hughman is joined by Ian Smith and Megan Boxall to discuss the stock market winners from last weekend's NHS cybe...

Boardroom Talk: Phoenix Spree Deutschland

16 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

We spoke with Mike Hilton, property adviser for Phoenix Spree Deutschland (PSDL), the property group specialising in the Berlin residential market. Fl...

Personal Finance Show: When ethical funds aren't so ethical

12 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Ethical funds might just surprise you. They can pay higher income than you'd expect and generate healthy returns. However, they might invest in stocks...

Companies & Markets Show: Telcos, trials and text books

12 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

IC editor John Hughman is joined by Ian Smith and Megan Boxall from the companies team to discuss the week's big market news, including troubles in th...

The Extraction Podcast: Bacanora Minerals

08 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Bacanora Minerals (AIM:BCN), the only pure-play lithium miner listed in London, is "100 per cent" focused on securing financing for its lithium carbon...

Personal Finance Show: Value income and making pensions last

05 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's personal finance show the team look at what has been driving Artemis Global Income fund's returns, and profile some ETFs which try to e...

Companies & Markets show: Shops and drugs and rock and roll

04 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's companies and markets podcast IC editor John Hughman chats with Megan Boxall about the companies working on cures for his rock star lif...

Boardroom Talk: Provident Financial sheds its skin

02 May 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Provident Financial enjoyed years of share price growth driven by its credit card subsidiary subsidiary Vanquis Bank. But its stock finished lower in ...

Personal Finance Show: Overseas equity income

28 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's personal finance podcast the team highlight some of the risks facing UK equity income, and the merits of overseas equity income. They a...

Companies & Markets Show: Aim's top stocks

27 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Companies editor Ian Smith and guests discuss the latest ructions for energy companies alongside our review of Aim's top stocks including a look at Bo...

The Price of Drugs: Investing amid pharma's politics

26 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Drug pricing always comes with political noise, particularly when US elections are concerned. Over the last year, the share prices of pharmaceutical a...

Boardroom Talk: The risk and reward of UBM's events focus

25 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

UBM started life as a newspaper company, and spent most of the last century building up its media and PR operations. But diversification is no longer ...

Personal Finance Show: 21 April 2017

21 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

On this week's Personal Finance Show the team is joined by Rachel Winter, investment manager at Killik & Co. They ask whether you should go for the ne...

Companies & Markets Show: AIMing High

20 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

IC editor John Hughman is joined by small companies guru Simon Thompson and companies editor Ian Smith to discuss why the Aim market remains a stockpi...

Boardroom Talk: Applied Graphene Materials

19 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Graphene and the hype surrounding atomic chicken wireMark Robinson talks to Gareth Jones (CFO) and Jon Mabbitt (CEO) of Applied Graphene Materials abo...

Companies & Markets Show: The great de-rigging

12 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The North Sea, recruiters, Libor, but no mention of Brexit…Deputy companies editor Mark Robinson steps in for John Hughman in this week's look at th...

Boardroom Talk: Primary Health Properties

11 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Bringing doctor surgeries into the 21st century, with modern facilities and a wide range of services is going to coast billions of pounds. Ironically,...

Personal Finance Show: New tax year

07 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's show Monica Tepes, director of investment companies research at Cantor Fitzgerald, joins the personal finance team to explain how inves...

Companies & Markets Show: Match-making and break-ups

06 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Companies editor Ian Smith and the team discuss the week's takeover news, Imagination Technologies' Apple contract loss and RPC's bears. Hosted on Aca...

Boardroom Talk: Non-Standard Finance's rocky start

04 Apr 2017

Contributed by Lukas

The subprime lender is delivering on the buy-and-build strategy it set out at admission to the main market two years ago. So why has its share price s...

Personal Finance Show: Momentum and income investing

31 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's Personal Finance Show the team puts momentum investing under the microscope. Is it a good idea to buy winning stocks or is it a risky i...

Companies & Markets Show 31 March 2017

30 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Editor John Hughman and guests discuss Brexit, corporate fines, ageing & more Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Investment Essentials: A guide to spotting share value

30 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

With money rotating out of bonds and into equity markets, value investing is back in vogue. But what constitutes value? How can investors spot it? And...

Boardroom Talk: Aviva in a state of flux

27 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

Aviva faces regulatory changes, such as the 2015 pensions freedom reforms. It has been on the M&A trail, through its takeover of rival Friends Life. A...

Personal Finance Show: Picking a good fund manager

24 Mar 2017

Contributed by Lukas

In this week's show the team consider how to pick a good fund manager, and highlight some examples. They also look at the risks and rewards of the Lif...