Should you be backing the wave of new firms pioneering a medical revolution?

It has been a rollercoaster ride for investors over the past few weeks as stock markets have felt the financial effects of coronavirus. But share price swings in response to the outbreak of the disease have also shone a light on some of the companies making incredible strides in healthcare. Novacyt, an Anglo-French biotechnology company that … Read more

Anglo American’s Cutifani: You’ll NEED miners if you want electric cars’

Anglo American’s chief executive Mark Cutifani Mark Cutifani, the chief executive of mining giant Anglo American, is persona non grata with Sirius Minerals shareholders, who say his fraught takeover bid for the Yorkshire fertiliser mine ‘stinks’. But he says he has ‘even tougher critics’ than the furious pensioners, pub landlords and war veterans who stand … Read more

Mining giant Anglo American WAS ready to sweeten £405m Sirius bid 

Mining giant Anglo American WAS ready to sweeten £405m Sirius bid By Joanne Hart and Harriet Dennys, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 23:46 GMT, 22 February 2020 | Updated: 23:46 GMT, 22 February 2020 Anglo American considered offering Sirius Minerals investors shares in Anglo itself as part of its takeover bid, the MoS can reveal. … Read more

Former West Ham star Tony Cottee: “I lost £150,000 of my pension to a man who’s now in prison”

Former West Ham star Tony Cottee says fans believe he must have earned millions every year because he was a footballer. But even though he once netted a five-figure sum in less than five seconds for scoring his tenth goal of the season for Leicester, he tells how he fell on hard times after he … Read more

TONY HETHERINGTON: We’re watching you 

TONY HETHERINGTON: We’re watching you By Tony Hetherington, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 23:46 GMT, 22 February 2020 | Updated: 23:46 GMT, 22 February 2020 Two South London men awaiting trial on fraud charges have been ordered to hand over £8.6million after they failed to persuade the High Court they were not bound by a … Read more

King of the short-sellers, Carson Block: ‘I’ve got a list of UK firms’

The feared activist investor who has taken on hospitals operator NMC Health – a member of the prestigious FTSE 100 – and litigation finance firm Burford Capital has set out plans to expand and target more UK companies. In his most open interview to date, Carson Block, the founder of US short-selling firm Muddy Waters, reveals … Read more

STOCK MARKET WATCH: Why Hargreaves prefers perpetuity to profiting 

STOCK MARKET WATCH: Why Hargreaves prefers perpetuity to profiting By Jamie Nimmo For The Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 23:45 GMT, 22 February 2020 | Updated: 23:45 GMT, 22 February 2020 Wall Street giant Morgan Stanley stunned global markets with its $13billion (£10billion) takeover of online broker E*Trade last week. Naturally, the City rumour mill … Read more