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Forget coal. The marmalade orange is making electricity in Seville We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss By Robin Powell Normal text size Advertisement Street trees add all kinds of goods to a neighbourhood, from improved health of residents and local wildlife to higher property values. In the Spanish city of Seville, the street trees are upping the ante and providing electricity too. There are 48,000 Seville orange trees planted on the streets of Seville. In spring they fill the air with fabulous fragrance, and in winter they fill the air with ...

Good morning and welcome to your Morning Briefing for Friday 21 May, 2021. To get this in your inbox every morning click here. CGT overhaul on hold for now The Covid-19 pandemic has cost the UK a fortune but the taxpayers don't know it yet. Therein lies chancellor Rishi Sunak's dilemma: the politics and economics are

Robin Powell: Industry can no longer mask active funds’ fishy smell Fund houses are not addressing the fundamental faults with their products, but simply applying a different wrapping By Robin Powell 20 th May 2021 11:23 am William Bernstein is my favourite investment author and the other day he reminded me why. Dr Bernstein has a brain the size of a planet (he’s a chemist and neurologist as well as a financial theorist), but it is his sheer candour that truly sets him apart. Asked in an interview with Morningstar for his views on actively managed exchange-traded funds (ET...

Money Marketing Leader – Past their best: Should fund buy lists still be taken seriously? If best-buy lists can reduce the advice gap, they should not be scoffed at — but there is much room for improvement By Charlotte Richards 12 th May 2021 12:29 pm Sometimes having too much choice can be overwhelming. Imagine being a first-time investor without any idea of where to begin. You are confronted with more than 4,000 funds, accompanied by factsheets full of jargon and investment spiel with which even a well-versed investor might struggle. In theory, the idea of a fund buy...

How WA’s banksias are growing on the east coast We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss By Robin Powell Save Normal text size Advertisement Plant lovers who visit the south-west of Western Australia tend to abandon good sense. As loudly as their heads tell them that plants evolved for the west’s thin soils, winter rains and dry summers will not survive Sydney’s killing combo of summer heat and rain, their hearts cry out with desire. There are only a handful of banksia vincentia plants growing in the wild. Credit:Corinne Le Gall