By: Annabelle Williams

I'm deputy money editor at City A.M. I started my career on a local newspaper before moving into financial journalism. I've worked in a number of senior editorial roles including news editor and features editor. I write about global economics, investment, technology, and personal finance.

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Lack of long-term investment in early stage companies is damaging the economy

May 4, 2016

Lack of long-term investment in early stage and innovative companies is damaging the economy, leading fund managers have said. “Our society has increasingly lost its way. Fund management should be doing rightful investment for the world and I think it’s a really serious problem [that they’re not],” says James Anderson, manager of the highly regarded Scottish [...]
Four of the best recovery stocks: From alternative lenders to biotech, fund bosses highlight the unloved companies due for a stock market turnaround

May 3, 2016

Investing in a company that’s had a bad spell on the stock market can mean an opportunity to buy cheap shares. If a turnaround is successful, or the company proves its true potential to the market, those shares will one day be worth much more. I asked the experts which stocks they’re backing. Illumina From James [...]
Low oil prices pushes Saudi Arabia into economic reform – Prince Salman declares an end to reliance on oil and outlines Vision 2030 plan to diversify the economy

April 27, 2016

Saudi Arabia is to kick its “dangerous addiction” to oil as the country's cabinet agreed on plans to diversify the economy away from the black stuff. The country is hooked on fossil fuels but “by 2020 we'll be able to live without oil,” said deputy crown prince Mohammed bin Salman, author behind new economic plan, Saudi [...]
Confront women with the true horror of the old age poverty they face to tackle our pensions saving crisis

April 22, 2016

Women are facing poverty in retirement as they cut back on pension contributions to fund childcare. A report released by The Fawcett Society, which campaigns for women’s rights, found many women are funding childcare out of their own pay packets (not their partners’) – which means stopping pension contributions. It partly responsible for a doubling of [...]
HMRC launches consultation on simpler tax of life insurance bonds

April 22, 2016

Life insurance bonds will be taxed in a simpler way after HMRC launched a consultation into how they should be treated. The bonds are popular investments but have a notoriously complicated tax structure. They allow people to put money away, watch the capital grow and also take out regular chunks if they want to. But bond [...]
Not a very regal retirement: The Queen would be living on £18k a year if she saved as we do

April 20, 2016

The Queen's 90th birthday throws into sharp perspective the changes that have taken place in our retirement system. Ninety years ago, saving for a pension wasn't even a consideration. Then came the 1960s, when people began living longer and the concept of 10 years' retirement after the age of 60 became possible. For several decades after, [...]
Ethical investing: How to get started

April 20, 2016

People used to call it nuts – but ethical investing has changed radically. Whether its termed ethical, responsible, or sustainable investing, the aim is generally the same. It's investing your money in businesses which have some intention of making the world a better place. Barely a week goes by without newspaper headlines about corporate tax avoidance, [...]
Investors warn of weaker profits on S&P 500 – and low wages in the States could cause civil unrest too

April 19, 2016

Investors are warning over the future path of the S&P 500 as a combination of low wages and the strong dollar place a question mark over corporate profitability. US wages are at a record low in relation to the country’s GDP – and this accounts for corporate profits being so high. But it’s a worrying sign, [...]
Four tips for investment success

April 19, 2016

There are many ways up a mountain, as the saying goes. Becoming a successful investor can feel like climbing Everest, but here are some tips from the experts. ONLY BUY GOOD COMPANIES That may sound obvious, but actually a lot of investors do the opposite. They invest in down and out companies on the hope of [...]
Women face retirement poverty: The feminisation of poverty means more older females live below the breadline

April 6, 2016

Females are losing out when it comes to having a decent retirement and need to plan better to avoid poverty in old age. The pay gap, taking time off to have children and the fact greater numbers of women work part-time are all part of the problem. Read more: Three charts that show if you can [...]

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