Jon Moulton the head of private equity firm Alchemy Partners says he's been around a long time, in fact, he says that he started out before there was such a thing as private equity. Here he chats about his life, his wine making and, of course, private equity. He says the UK is facing very tough times with recession a real prospect.
Listen to a song about Gordon Brown and his profligate spending policies.
Spread betting companies provide customers with much more than the ability to be able to bet on the price movement of Vodafone or any other FTSE 100 constituent. However, my experience of working for a spread betting company is that most customers stick to betting on big UK listed companies. This is hardly surprising, for a UK based investor, the large FTSE 100 constituents are well known.