Alex Denny

My letter to the editor: Losing trust when the Pension Schemes Bill comes due pensions-expert.com/investment/let…

Reimagining non-executive directors -3 Feb 2026 | Business Events | Institute of Directors iod.com/events/reimagi…

@AXS_UK - having massive problems. I have been transferred tickets for a show tonight but your app isn't working and keeps giving an error message. Your customer service is hopeless. A chat bot that doesn't work, and no phone number. Sort it out.

@Matt_Pinner Home before midnight

THREE words...?

"Thames Estuary divers in amazing shipwreck discovery after a decade searching" says @Independent. Check out @SaveTheLondon and @NautArchSoc for how to help protect this amazing piece of our naval history and heritage. @historic independent.co.uk/news/science/a…

@Matt_Pinner Sea

You’ve been randomly selected to rename earth. What do you call it?

I'm thrilled to be able to confirm I've joined the Board of Apax Global Alpha Limited. I can't wait to get started! londonstockexchange.com/news-article/A…

Great cycle ride into #Hammersmith today for my second day in the office with @NuroleCom. #Sunshine past #LambethPalace, #BigBen, #Westminster, #BuckinghamPalace and #Kensington. Looking forward to getting stuck in helping #InvestmenTrusts to build better boards

I have a sense that media coverage of Investment Trusts and their return prospects is getting more positive now... telegraph.co.uk/money/investin…

For those of you involved in British diving... you might have seen that I have put myself forward for a position on BSAC's council. Please take the time to vote, either for me, or another preferred candidate. (Participation is hugely important!) Check your emails for details.

Sensible thoughts from Ian Cowie as always: ii.co.uk/analysis-comme…

@MerrynSW Easier to get rid of stamp duty and level the playing field...

Protectionist or perfectly reasonable?

@David_J_Robbins So very frustrating

Labour initially pushed the LTA issue hard, apparently aiming to force a Government retreat (as with the 45p rate a few months earlier). That would have spared them from grappling with the intricacies. When that did not work, they went quiet. Ministers counter-attacked by asking "what about public servants other than doctors?" It was clear that they would at least have to answer that question if they wanted to make "we'll restore the LTA and spend the £X raised on Y" an election dividing line. Perhaps that's what they're doing, and perhaps they'll be content to leave difficult questions about retrospection/transitional protections for private sector workers unanswered. But I don't think the "we have committed" quote in the article signals that. The press officer could hardly say "since you ask, we're likely to reverse course on this like we did on bankers' bonuses, but we haven't got around to announcing it".

@MoiraONeill Why oh why does the pension tax system have to be such a mess? Is it because successive chancellors keep screwing with it so much maybe?

Lifetime allowance has always unfairly penalised DC pension investors who invest wisely and achieve excellent growth as a result. Also this 👇

@fundhunter_co All of them will be right... eventually

Investment conferences in short - 1) UK microcaps are a goldmine (states UK microcap fund manager). 2) UK stocks will outperform for 20 years (says UK fund manager). 3) Private equity set to boom (PE fund manager) 4) Value has never looked better (value fund manager) etc.

An incredible story continues to be revealed by divers in difficult conditions... Race against time to unlock secrets of Erebus shipwreck and doomed Arctic expedition | Exploration | The Guardian theguardian.com/science/2024/j…

Across the investment trust sector, 48 trusts are producing a yield of 4% or more with the Henderson Far East Income trust topping the chart at 11.5%, according to data released by the @AICPRESS. portfolio-adviser.com/the-aic-48-inv… #investmenttrust #abrdn #aic

@MerrynSW @opinion And you know the really weird thing... stamp duty is just about the only cost NOT disclosed on KIDs! 🤣

If you buy a fund of some kind, one of the 1st things you look at is cost. Might it be the same for markets as a whole? The UK charges 0.5% on each trade. Most other markets do not. Want to make the UK mkt more popular? Abolish stamp duty NOW. @opinion bloomberg.com/opinion/articl…

@FelicityHannah As the mortgage crunch kicks in, those who, ten years ago were living with their parents still are starting to realise they may never fully pay off the house that they now live in... (at least until they inherit their parents' money!) Sad but true for many...

I do think that the older generation’s ongoing belief that they worked hard to buy homes and younger people must be prioritising phones and other nonsense is behind the lack of attention. When we cover this, we always get emails about ‘I lived on beans, they should too’ etc

@John_Stepek Just imagine what it will look like in a few years now AI can do most first graduate jobs far quicker and more cheaply than a recent grad...

Totally agree that house prices are out of control. But some of this is also massive expansion of tertiary education surely