Joseph Wilkins

United Kingdom

Correspondent at Financial Times

Articles

‘Why valuations, not concentration, pose the biggest threat to investors’

3 weeks ago | ftadviser.com | Joseph Wilkins

It feels like an opportune time to write this piece now US equities have stormed back above their pre-liberation day levels. The so-called ‘magnificent seven’ have held on to their ‘magnificent’ status (for now), which leaves the US market with the same issue as ever — how to manage a historic level of concentration. Investors have flocked towards strategies that promise attractive returns on US equities without having to rely on the big guns to carry performance.
‘Investment trusts must get their house in order, or someone else will’

Feb 7, 2025 | ftadviser.com | Joseph Wilkins

Following Saba’s defeat in six out of seven trust votes, some industry figures have been quick to tout it as a ‘famous victory’ for the retail investor and the sector alike. Really? Regardless of whether Boaz Weinstein and co succeed in their radically-fashioned and much-opposed takeover attempt of the last remaining investment trust (Edinburgh Worldwide), the hubris from a sector in such dire straits is astounding.
The ‘north Cyprus trap’: migrant students lured with false promises

Oct 19, 2024 | ft.com | Joseph Wilkins

Kenyan student Ella’s overseas education began with a lie from a university recruitment agent: “Study in the EU.” The 19-year-old first...
EU co-ordinates record response to wildfires

Aug 15, 2024 | luxtimes.lu | Alice Hancock |Joseph Wilkins
EU co-ordinates record response to wildfires

Aug 14, 2024 | ft.com | Alice Hancock |Joseph Wilkins

The EU has co-ordinated more responses to wildfires this year than ever before, highlighting the impact of climate change on the world’s...
Athens residents evacuated as wildfires spread near capital

Aug 12, 2024 | ft.com | Joseph Wilkins

Thousands of Athens residents have been evacuated from their homes as strong winds blew wildfires towards the northern outskirts of the...
Joseph Wilkins, Funds Correspondent, FT Adviser

Jun 4, 2024 | headlinemoney.co.uk | FT Adviser |Joseph Wilkins

Interviews, Our Events, Headlinemoney Awards In today's Money Talks, Headlinemoney Awards nominee Joseph Wilkins warns new journalists not to stay at their desk all day, explains which skills led him to be a financial journalist and reveals why he’d like to get the Glazer family shed to some light on how they run Manchester United’s finances.
BofA’s elephant in the room

Feb 2, 2024 | ft.com | Joseph Wilkins

Joseph Wilkins is a funds correspondent at FTAdviser. Look at this graph.
China's $10 trillion hidden debt mountain could be the 'ticking time bomb' that Joe Biden warned of

Dec 29, 2023 | currently.att.yahoo.com | Joseph Wilkins

China has faced many economic problems this year, from deflation and record youth unemployment to a property crisis. But the nation faces another, even more worrisome threat: the colossal hidden debt of its local governments. Some estimates put the liabilities of China's local financing vehicles close to $10 trillion. For much of this year, global markets were buffeted time and again by gloomy economic news filtering out of China.
Are these the top tech ETFs to watch in Q1 2024?

Dec 15, 2023 | ig.com | Joseph Wilkins

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are an increasingly popular way to invest in a range of stocks and bonds for new investors. They allow investors to choose from a ‘basket of securities’: an index, sector, commodity, or alternative, without needing to buy the assets individually. Unlike mutual funds, ETFs are traded on the stock market, meaning you can buy or sell them at any time during the trading day. Mutual funds are only traded once daily, so investors must wait until the next ‘trading point’.