David Hall

2 weeks ago | moneymarketing.co.uk | Trevor Greetham |Darius McQuaid |David Hall

Markets experienced extreme levels of panic after Donald Trump shocked the world with his 2 April ‘Liberation Day’ speech. Plunging stock prices and signs of instability in the US Treasury market have since triggered a series of backsteps by the White House and a powerful rebound taking the S&P 500 back into positive territory for the year. However, tariff levels remain historically high, and investors will be watching growth and inflation data closely to assess lasting damage.

3 weeks ago | moneymarketing.co.uk | Ben Russon |Momodou Musa Touray |Darius McQuaid |David Hall

Trump’s tariffs need little introduction. World leaders, central bankers, economists and business owners alike have been left scratching their heads. What will President Trump do next? What are the direct and indirect implications for companies? The questions are endless. While many might try to answer them, the erratic nature of recent trade policy decisions – combined with the complexity of our interconnected world – means much of it remains speculation.

3 weeks ago | moneymarketing.co.uk | Darius McQuaid |Kevin Carr |Darius McDermott |David Hall

A retail investor who put £120,000 into the unregulated firm Basset & Gold (B&G) said he has “zero faith” in the FCA after being offered just £200 in compensation. The Complaints Commissioner, set up the the FCA to investigate complaints against it, said it expects to “receive a number of objections” after the decision. Towards the end of May, the FCA apologised to B&G investors and admitted some failings in how it dealt with the case, but did not uphold all complaints made.

Dec 10, 2024 | iotm2mcouncil.org | David Hall

In the rush to innovate and connect devices, it’s easy to overlook a critical aspect of IoT deployments: security. While we’ve grown accustomed to thinking about security in terms of smartphones and computers, IoT devices present a unique and often underestimated challenge. Consider this: when a smartphone is compromised, the impact is typically limited to a single user or a small group. But with IoT devices, the story changes dramatically.

Nov 11, 2024 | theconversation.com | Nina Ives |David Hall

This year’s United Nations climate summit, the Conference of the Parties (COP29) which starts in Azerbaijan this week, has been dubbed the “finance COP”. Its key focus is on establishing a new collective goal for climate finance to help developing countries to reduce emissions and adapt to climate impacts. Within the 2009 Copenhagen Accord, 43 developed countries, including the United States, pledged to jointly mobilise US$100 billion a year by 2020 to “address the needs of developing countries”.