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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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