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Shareholder yield and buyback distortion

If you're in the market for companies offering share buybacks, it pays to find out how they're being funded

Goodwill shunting

The shift to the 'knowledge economy' has heightened the impact of goodwill

Shell, graft and the Ogoni

Recent legal challenges underline the oil major's troubled history in Nigeria

Pricing in a no-deal Brexit

The post-referendum impact on equities is open to conjecture – so it's down to the bookies

More muck-raking for investors

A nascent recovery in prices for a key agricultural input could provide relief for investors in a sector that hasn’t always lived up to expectations

Geopolitical risk group-think

The use of a vague shorthand for major threats to equity markets risks complacency

The quality of company reporting

It's an issue close to investors' hearts, but has tighter regulation resulted in tangible improvement?

Know your placing

Savannah Petroleum expects a cash inflow of $90m in a matter of weeks. So why has it just been forced to tap institutional investors and directors in a discounted placing?

UK dividend risk ratchets up

Investors cannot take a continued rise in dividend payments for granted this year

Putting the brakes on fast fashion

Fast fashion is under fire, and this week's Boohoo update proves investors haven't yet forgiven the sector's sins