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Elliot Wilson

Between 1900 and 1940, a series of unstable Chinese regimes flooded global markets with bonds: this one is from 1911

A world of broken bonds

Elliot Wilson 4 November 2017 9:00 am

Elliot Wilson fears that our pension funds and investment portfolios will soon be crammed full of China’s risky corporate debt

Bangkok’s MahaNakhon skyscraper, Thailand’s tallest building

The awakening of Southeast Asia’s tiger economies

Elliot Wilson 30 September 2017 9:00 am

Southeast Asia is a region of young consumers, ambitious governments and opportunities for investors, says Elliot Wilson

French blue chips and property could be hot bets... if Macron delivers

Elliot Wilson 27 May 2017 9:00 am

Elliot Wilson says French blue chips and property could be hot bets – but only if the new president turns his election promises into action

Buy high: Alpine property is still a sound investment above the snow line

Elliot Wilson 4 March 2017 9:00 am

Elliot Wilson says Alpine property is a sound investment if you pick the right resort and stay above the snow line

Why aren’t we talking about China’s huge problems?

Elliot Wilson 26 November 2016 9:00 am

Investors and bankers may be distracted by other global issues, but huge problems still loom for Asia’s superpower economy

Don’t overlook ‘the positive all-round story’ of India: set to grow at 7 per cent per annum this year and next

You can still sift for gems in emerging markets

Elliot Wilson 1 October 2016 8:00 am

Emerging markets have lost their shine but the best still offer attractive returns

Adapting to demographics: Harley-Davidson ‘hogs’ now have heated seats for older riders

How to invest in the prosperity of the Baby Boomers generation

Elliot Wilson 21 May 2016 9:00 am

Baby Boomers are the luckiest generation. So how can we invest in their prosperity?

Global brand: Nestlé of Switzerland ‘will still be selling chocolate in 100 years time’

The other side of the Alps: living and investing in Switzerland

Elliot Wilson 5 March 2016 9:00 am

Why Switzerland is such a great place to live and invest — and so happy it stayed out of the EU

Posh crisps: private equity helped Tyrrells move upmarket

The patient capitalists: why private equity is a force for good

Elliot Wilson 14 November 2015 9:00 am

Despite its bad name, private equity is a force for good

Myth and modernity: China is feared and revered by the West

Why China's still a land of opportunity for British business

Elliot Wilson 3 October 2015 9:00 am

China is still a land of opportunity for UK companies, despite recent market turmoil

Forget Greece: China's economic slowdown is the biggest story of the year

Elliot Wilson 15 August 2015 9:00 am

China’s long boom may finally be ending. The consequences for the world will be profound

Jack Ma of Alibaba: a new corporate rock star

The catch in Alibaba's promise of riches

Elliot Wilson 8 November 2014 9:00 am

China’s online giant is a rising star, but its foreign investors have no power and minimal information

Why everyone will suffer if China cracks down on Hong Kong

Elliot Wilson 11 October 2014 9:00 am

If the island suffers a Tiananmen, the financial effects will be felt far beyond China

If you think British banks are bad, you’ve never tried China’s

Elliot Wilson 5 October 2013 9:00 am

China’s banks are weak, ill-managed puppets of the state

Breaking the bank

Elliot Wilson 14 May 2011 12:00 am

The vendetta against Bangladesh’s Nobel Peace Prize winner

Gallantry is a finite resource

Elliot Wilson 10 February 2010 12:00 am

Some medal collectors are fascinated by courage, others want a hedge against soggy house prices, says Elliot Wilson

Will Kraft’s plastic cheese smother Cadbury’s heritage?

Elliot Wilson 18 November 2009 12:00 am

Elliot Wilson says there are synergies between the takeover protagonists — but it will be sad to see the British chocolate maker swallowed by a bloated US conglomerate

Keep on digging: Boris’s route to recovery

Elliot Wilson 28 October 2009 12:00 am

Elliot Wilson says all the razzmatazz for the start of work on Crossrail highlights the construction industry’s urgent desire to soak up public funds before Tory cuts set in

City Life

Elliot Wilson 2 September 2009 12:00 am

After 50 years of communist gristle, no wonder old Fidel’s guts are playing up

The nuclear power-dresser

Elliot Wilson 22 July 2009 12:00 am

Elliot Wilson meets Barbara Judge, the American-born doyenne of British boardrooms, who believes we should strive to regain our lost leadership of the global nuclear industry

One day, the kharbouza will be mightier than the Kalashnikov

Elliot Wilson 3 June 2009 12:00 am

Afghan farmers can prosper by producing the world’s finest melons, pomegranates and grapes, says Elliot Wilson, but first they must be weaned off growing the opium poppy

Let India 2.0 rise from the ashes of Bombay

Elliot Wilson 29 December 2008 12:00 am

Elliot Wilson says that an energetic form of political activism — principally on the internet — is needed in India and there are encouraging signs on Facebook, MySpace and other sites

A new job for the IMF: as global policeman

Elliot Wilson 26 November 2008 12:00 am

The International Monetary Fund was beginning to look like a has-been, says Elliot Wilson, but in the aftermath of the current crisis it may find an important new role

Britain cannot afford a failed Pakistan

Elliot Wilson 12 November 2008 12:00 am

Elliot Wilson says that the near-collapse of the Islamic state should focus minds in this country, which is inextricably linked to Pakistan. Its implosion would stoke extremism here

Chasing dragons: the Chinese army takes up art collecting

Elliot Wilson 30 October 2008 12:00 am

Elliot Wilson profiles Poly Group, a company controlled by the Chinese military which uses arms-sales profits to buy back artworks that have been illicitly flogged off abroad

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