Serious investment thinking that doesn’t take itself too seriously.
Originally published May 2023. Innovations in fractional ownership and use of space Fractionalisation means many things to many people. Shares in REITs, syndicates, tenants-in-common, even land subdivision and strata title are all examples. Since the mid-2010s, we have seen a surge of...
Originally published June 2021. Our farms can be both wildlife-friendly and efficiently productive. Nirmal Purja, on completing his unique winter climb to the summit of K2,...
Originally published September 2021. Why preserving the irreplaceable benefits everyone and especially moths. The names of moths are a delicious smorgasbord of rich imagery. Our...
Originally published February 2018 Willie Gething, managing partner of Lennox Investment Management, helped to pioneer the residential buying agent business in the Thatcher...
Originally published November 2017. Veritable housing soothsayer Tony Pidgley turned 70 in August, and in September, Berkeley was re-admitted to the FTSE 100 for the second time...
Originally published April 2021. Proptech is not new: a conversation with (above, from left to right) Jim Young, founder and CEO of Realcomm, Michael Beckerman, CEO of CREtech,...
Originally published May 2023. Since March, we have experienced three of the largest bank failures in United States history. Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank, and New...
Originally published May 2023. Of the great many motives for one ‘labouring a point’, despite a backdrop of derision and dismissal, most are far from great. Of these, the most...
Working from Home in the USA. Originally published in May 2023. “I haven’t been back to the office since COVID,” has become a commonplace response among US employees when asked...
Originally published March, 2023 in The Astronomy Cafe. Thinking ahead to the 22nd seems no more of a challenge than what we had in the 1960s when we considered the mythical 21st...