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    Stuart Kirk

    Stuart Kirk writes about investing for FT Weekend. He held roles in banking, asset management and consulting over a 20-year career, and ran the Lex Column in a previous incarnation at the FT.

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    • Thursday, 26 January, 2023
      Skin in the GameAdvice & Comment
      Corporate tax should be zero but investors needn’t worry about it

      Tax rates make little difference to equity returns

    • Saturday, 14 January, 2023
      Skin in the GameInvestments
      Sectors make sense for investors, not themes

      Avoid thematic funds. And I should know, as ex-head of thematic research at a global bank

    • Friday, 6 January, 2023
      Skin in the GameAdvice & Comment
      Where’s the elusive productivity boost?

      There is still value in equities, if you can find it

    • Friday, 30 December, 2022
      Equities
      Asset managers, please spare us your polyexcuses

      Blaming bad results on world crises displays a woeful reluctance to take responsibility for misjudged investments

    • Saturday, 24 December, 2022
      Skin in the GameAdvice & Comment
      Why I need to take control of my pension

      Switching into a Sipp offers much more in investment choice

    • Friday, 16 December, 2022
      Skin in the GameAdvice & Comment
      I’m an equities guy, but now I’m eyeing bonds

      Rates look like they are nearing a top and yields will ease next year

    • Friday, 9 December, 2022
      Skin in the GameAdvice & Comment
      Time to seek out Asia’s company dragons

      For too long investors have been neglected by businesses in the region, but times are changing

    • Friday, 2 December, 2022
      Social affairs
      Enough longtermism — we need to think about now

      Why devote effort to an unrealised future when events with a 100% probability of occurring exist today?

    • Friday, 25 November, 2022
      Skin in the GameAdvice & Comment
      Stock investors needn’t lose sleep over rates

      Our columnist has bought into US equities and is happy to ignore the doom-mongers

    • Saturday, 19 November, 2022
      Skin in the GameAdvice & Comment
      Putting my money where my mouth is

      Our new columnist sets out his investment stall and reveals he still has faith in UK stocks

    • Friday, 11 November, 2022
      Fund management
      The banking approach to net zero is just claptrap

      The numbers are hokum, the clients are left in the dark and the real world impact is negligible anyway

    • Monday, 5 September, 2022
      Moral Money
      Stuart Kirk returns to the ESG debate Premium content

      Plus, are Japan’s responsible business traditions still working?

    • Friday, 2 September, 2022
      ESG investing
      Stuart Kirk: ESG must be split in two

      If we do not disentangle the industry’s dual meanings, it will not progress

    • Friday, 8 July, 2022
      Moral Money
      Are gas and nuclear green? It depends who you ask Premium content

      Plus, how satellites are bringing us groundbreaking emissions data

    • Thursday, 7 July, 2022
      HSBC Holdings PLC
      HSBC banker quits over climate change furore

      Stuart Kirk attacks ‘cancel culture’ as he resigns over reaction to provocative speech

    • Monday, 20 June, 2022
      Moral Money
      Tariq Fancy on Stuart Kirk, the Republicans and what’s next for ESG Premium content

      Plus, green Spacs: where are they now?

    • Monday, 13 June, 2022
      HSBC Holdings PLC
      US senator seeks answers from HSBC over banker’s suspension

      Republican asks whether British bank was pressured over response to climate remarks

    • Tuesday, 24 May, 2022
      Pilita Clark
      HSBC saga reveals how much climate and financial risk are misunderstood

      The Stuart Kirk spat reveals the profound level of uncertainty that makes global warming unlike any other public policy problem

    • Friday, 20 May, 2022
      Climate change
      HSBC banker draws fire after accusing policymakers of climate change hyperbole

      Stuart Kirk also claimed central banks designed climate stress tests to obtain alarming results

    • Monday, 29 April, 2019
      FTfmFund management
      Active or passive? There are reasons to own both

      Companies with intangible capital are more likely to be strong performers

    • Tuesday, 13 November, 2018
      Markets InsightMarkets volatility
      Monsters lurk in the calm of low market volatility

      A statistical tool can help stockpickers who do not want to be caught unawares

    • Thursday, 27 September, 2018
      FTfmFund management
      How ESG can have unintended consequences for portfolios
    • Monday, 20 August, 2018
      Markets InsightCapital markets
      Why asset-turn could drive market valuations higher

      Better productivity growth would challenge the consensus late-cycle hypothesis

    • Friday, 20 July, 2018
      Big tech
      How I learnt to love the Fangs

      I was too negative when writing about Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Google years ago

    • Wednesday, 27 June, 2018
      FTfmClimate change
      Transparency vital in assessing the risk posed by climate change

      The more accurate the calculations, the better mitigation response can be

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