Investors' Chronicle

It's been a difficult year for British retail, so a new IPO was unexpected to say the least. Chief financial officer Gerard Sweeney and chief commercial officer Sheraz Ramzan from online fashion company Quiz dropped by to talk to Harriet Russell about why they thought now was the right time to take the company public, and what investors can expect the group to do next. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's Personal Finance Show Daniel Godfrey, chief executive of The People's Trust, joins the team to talk about this investment trust's forthcoming launch. They also look at why the manager of Worldwide Healthcare Trust fears a biotech bubble and wealthy investors are turning to VCTs. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

IC editor John Hughman is joined by Harriet Russell and Mark Robinson to talk about retail's bounceback and the takeoff of business drones. Plus the latest ideas from stockpicking guru Simon Thompson. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Personal finance editor Leonora Walters is joined by Darius McDermott, managing director at Chelsea Financial Services to discuss the IC’s new Top 100 funds list, out now. They talk through some of the runners and riders and are joined by Emma Agyemang, personal finance writer to analyse one trust in detail.Deputy personal finance editor Kate Beioley also looks at the pitfalls to avoid when transferring your Isa. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Editor John Hughman is joined by Ian Smith and Megan Boxall to discuss a new mining float, resource nationalism, retailers & more Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Why everyone is talking about Barclays new DIY investment platform, August’s markets and your money and Templeton Emerging Markets’ turnaround. This week deputy personal finance editor Kate Beioley is joined by Henrietta Grimston, client relationship manager at Seven Investment Management and personal finance writer Emma Agyemang. The team talks about Barclays DIY investment platform re-launch last week and why it has riled some of its loyal stockbroking clients.They also take a look at the tech transformation behind Templeton Emerging Market’s performance. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The companies team discuss the impact of Hurricane Harvey on the US oil & gas market, the takeover of engineering software provider Aveva and how to invest in the music industry. Simon Thompson analyses two small caps from his column this week Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In our second podcast on the FTSE 100's largest dividend payers, we take a look at the telecoms and mining sectors.Companies editor Ian Smith puts the questions to specialist writers Megan Boxall and Alex Newman. Produced by Dominic Toms and Alex Newman.The first podcast in the series can be found lower in the podcast feed, or here: bit.ly/2eKXFHF Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

How you could be earning a 6.6% per cent yield from the power of the sun and should you help your kids with university fees? Deputy personal finance editor Kate Beioley is joined by James Armstrong, managing partner of Bluefield partners, investment adviser to Bluefield Solar Income Fund (BSIF) to talk about whether renewable energy investing is all sunny side up or whether slashed subsidies could mean storm clouds on the horizon.Kate is also joined by personal finance writer Emma Agyemang, to talk about the pros and cons of helping your child pay for university. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this week's podcast there are some projections on the future shape of television by Megan Boxall, an explanation of what went wrong for two outsourcers from Tom Dines and updates on two of Simon Thompson's specials by the man himself. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.