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  • 1 week ago | fnlondon.com | David Wighton

    Schroders’ new team must deliver or pressure for break-up will growThe firm’s future might lie in wealth if it can’t turn round its asset management businessSunday 15 June 2025 at 23:00David Wighton is a columnist at Financial NewsOne of Schroders’ top executives has made a damning assessment of its core business. It was “too big to be small and too small to be big”, he believed. So it was time to sell.

  • 2 weeks ago | fnlondon.com | David Wighton

    EU’s response to Trump trade war could add to UK’s Brexit damageThe City could be caught in the crossfire if his new tariffs lead to ‘Fortress Europe’Sunday 8 June 2025 at 23:00David Wighton is a columnist at Financial NewsIf you talk to Brexit supporters in the City these days, you tend to get a bit of “I told you so”.

  • 3 weeks ago | fnlondon.com | David Wighton

    Europeans can’t rely on a ‘Trump dump’ to bolster investment banksThe president’s policies are creating anti-US sentiment, but that won’t last foreverSunday 1 June 2025 at 23:00David Wighton is a columnist for Financial NewsDonald Trump probably doesn’t spend much time studying the market-share figures for European investment banks. But if he did, he wouldn’t like what he saw.

  • 1 month ago | thetimes.com | David Wighton

  • 1 month ago | fnlondon.com | David Wighton

    The UK stock market suffers from dubious claims about private assetsPrivate markets are getting all the love right now, but public listings need it moreMonday 26 May 2025 at 23:01Campaigners for more investment in UK-quoted companies are getting just a bit frustrated with the government — and with some of their colleagues in the investment industry. It’s all very well ministers persuading pension funds to put more money into private assets, but what about the poor, unloved stock market, they ask.

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David Wighton
David Wighton @davidwighton
29 May 25

AI is causing companies to lose sales and cut jobs, particularly in professional services. My latest for The Times https://t.co/yIjNsbYUHN

David Wighton
David Wighton @davidwighton
22 Apr 25

The US biotechnology industry is in trouble, thanks partly to Trump. The UK must seize the opportunity. My latest in The Times https://t.co/bznzxbJNnj

David Wighton
David Wighton @davidwighton
3 Dec 24

RT @nathanbenaich: great piece - important stuff here