Two competing fat cat stories in one morning. The boss of Thomas Cook being paid £8m as the company goes down the pan. And Peter Hargreaves, founder of Hargreaves Lansdown, slating his old company for still plugging Woodford funds long after they knew they had problems; but trousering a £64m dividend from the profits HL made as a result. “What do they want me to do? Give the dividend back to the unit holders? Well, duh, Peter.
“Platforms call for UK government to resist launching ‘retrograde’ British ISAs”
There is a school of thought which might say that, should you wish to revive and encourage investment in the UK Stockmarket, a starting point might be the reversal of Brexit.
