Police & Crime Commissioner hopeful Liz Webster The experience of being a victim of a serious crime fired Liz Webster’s desire to be the next police and crime commissioner for Swindon and Wiltshire. The 57-year-old is the mum of Harry Webster who suffered a horrendous hammer attack when he was a pupil at Ridgeway School in 2007. Now the Liberal Democrat candidate for the job of setting policy and budgets for Wiltshire Police has said that was where she started seeing what could be improved. “It was a hugely difficult time. My son was fighting for his life and it felt like I was along and there was nobody to hear what I had to say,” she said.
Weekend Essay: Why fund management is reassuringly expensive
By Justin Cash 5
th March 2021 12:00 pm
“If margin is indicative of exclusivity, fund management is a luxury item.” So wrote investment consultant Graham Bentley in a column for
Money Marketing last week.
The margin taken by managers is a quarter higher than that of high-end fashion brand Louis Vuitton. It even rivals some of Apple’s product lines for profitability – a company known for its tendency to offer a premium price tag knowing that consumers will still circle each new launch like gannets.
The only conclusion, as Bentley rightly notes, is that “fund management is priced as an extravagance”.
Feb. 16, 1866: The East Tennessee Union Flag reported that the Franklin Academy, located about six miles from Jonesborough, would âresume operations February 15th under the direction of W.G. Gibbs. Boarding can be had near the Academy at $3 per week.â
âTuition fee ranging from $7 to $15, and payable at the close of the five month session.â
Jonesborough was spelled that way in 1866.
Three dollars in 1866 is now worth about $49.15. Seven dollars is currently worth about $114.67, and $15.00 is worth about $246.00. (Source: www.in2013dollars.com)
Feb. 16, 1888: According to The Comet, âMr. G.E. Swadley, living about eight miles from Johnson City has discovered silver ore on his land. He will examine into the quality and quantity of the ore and if it will justify him to do so he will work the mine at once.â