The Wine Lover’s Guide to Investing -by Jim Parker Savouring a vintage wine is one of life’s great pleasures. But often overlooked in the joy of consumption is the carefully calibrated journey from the grape to glass. Similar levels of care are critical to good investment outcomes. A host of variables can determine whether a[...]

The Chinese philosopher Confucius once said that life is very simple, but we insist on making it complicated. Complexity in investment often does with a lack of transparency. The highly engineered and multi-layered financial derivatives that contributed to the global financial crisis are a case in point. For many investors, these products were problematic because[...]