AllUnity Unveils EURAU: New European Stablecoin...
AllUnity, a European digital payments infrastructure provider, has launched a new fully-reserved euro-denominated stablecoin, dubbed ‘EURAU’. EURAU has officially launched on the Ethereum blockchain, and AllUnity says it plans to expand to additional blockchain networks later this year. The stablecoin is compatible with a wide range of Ethereum-based wallets and protocols and can be used for 24/7 instant cross-border settlements.…
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FRP Advisory Group – a bargain...
FRP Advisory Group (Aim: FRP) is a leading advisory company specialising in restructuring and insolvency services across the UK, with a market share of 12%. Over the past decade, it has expanded and doubled down on its position, increasing its share of the market threefold from 4% at the beginning of the 2010s. The firm has grown despite a relatively…
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Global equities that should weather the...
Despite a turbulent global landscape in 2025, equity markets have remained resilient, a reminder of how well good businesses often respond to shocks and challenges. And it’s not just world events they’re having to cope with. Persistently high bond yields are raising the bar for equity investors. When returns on cash in the bank and relatively safe bonds are high,…
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8 of the best houses for...
Image 1 of 2 (Image credit: Greece Sotheby’s International Realty) Cove Crest, Barbati, Corfu, Greece. Two villas with panoramic sea views, infinity pools and terraced gardens leading down to the beach. Villa 1: 3 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, open-plan living areas, kitchen, in-house sauna, outdoor kitchen. Villa 2: 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, open-plan living room. Price: €13.5m Greece Sotheby’s International Realty…
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Weekend reading: meeting your idols
What caught my eye this week. The serendipity was too perfect. I thought: I’d write about this on Monevator, but who would believe me? My girlfriend and I were on a visit last week to a picturesque part of Wales. Out of nowhere the blue sky turned into a thunderstorm (because we were in a picturesque part of Wales) and…
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Cyber insurance is crucial to your...
Does your company need cyber insurance? While high-profile cyber attacks on firms such as Marks & Spencer generate most of the headlines, there is a much broader cyber crime epidemic going on. Around 42% of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the UK have experienced a cyber attack or breach over the past 12 months. The impact can be devastating.…
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Are tariffs a bluff, or does...
Matthew Partridge: In your new book, The Economic Consequences of Mr Trump: What the Trade War Means for the World, you posit that president Donald Trump’s threats over tariffs are real, rather than a bluff, and represent a major threat to both the US and world economies. Philip Coggan: Yes. Many investors seem to be assuming that Trump will ultimately…
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European funds: investors have ‘a luxury...
Last year, Henderson European Focus Trust and Henderson EuroTrust merged to form Henderson European Trust (LSE: HET), with £680 million of assets (after significant cash exits) and a well-regarded management team in charge. Just a few months later, though, the co-managers left Janus Henderson, and the combined trust will now be merged into the larger Fidelity European Trust (LSE: FEV).…
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Investment disasters: what to learn from...
The last 50 years have been kind to investors in real terms. Everything made money: equities, bonds, property and gold. All investors had to remember was not to buy high and sell low. But that hasn’t always been the case. According to Barclays, UK equity prices were flat in inflation-adjusted terms in the 50 years to 1976. They doubled in…
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US stocks are more expensive than...
When Donald Trump began unveiling his tariff plans in April, investors feared we were entering a sharp and sudden bear market. Stocks dropped sharply around the world, with the US down 10% in two days. Yet the plunge was short-lived: stocks rallied as abruptly as they had dropped. The US and other major global markets have gone on to new…
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