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Imagine steering your organization through a stormy sea, except the waves are now higher, the weather changes by the hour, and the maps you relied on are already outdated. Volatility spikes, rapid rate shifts, and evolving regulations are reshaping market risk faster than many investment teams can adapt. Waiting for quarterly reports or post-event analysis is no longer enough. By then, the damage is done. Key risk indicators (KRIs) are your radar, scanning ahead to detect trouble before it breaches your risk appetite or impacts performance. As a risk professional, I’ve seen well-designed KRIs transform how investment firms anticipate and…

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Explore KION GROUP’s Fair Values from the Community and select yours The projected fair value for KION GROUP is €94.96 based on 2 Stage Free Cash Flow to Equity Current share price of €59.20 suggests KION GROUP is potentially 38% undervalued Our fair value estimate is 64% higher than KION GROUP’s analyst price target of €57.81 Today we will run through one way of estimating the intrinsic value of KION GROUP AG (ETR:KGX) by projecting its future cash flows and then discounting them to today’s value. This will be done using the Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) model. Believe it or…

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Image source: Getty Images A Stocks and Shares ISA is an excellent way for many in the UK to invest in a tax-efficient manner. I don’t believe an ISA is the right tool for people who want to trade on a daily basis. But for those with a long-term viewpoint, the potential returns could help to turn a £20k initial amount into a much larger sum further down the line. Please note that tax treatment depends on the individual circumstances of each client and may be subject to change in future. The content in this article is provided for information…

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Image source: Getty Images The Lloyds (LSE: LLOY) share price has had a fantastic run this year and that got me thinking about UK banking stocks. Shares in the company are up 50% year to date and sitting at 82.6p as I write on 18 August. However, I think that impressive run means the UK bank may be overpriced compared to some of the other banks.  Recent gains UK banks including Lloyds have benefited from rising interest margins, resilient loan demand, and positive half-year results, all of which have fuelled the recent share price rally. Investors have also cheered its…

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Image source: Getty Images I hold BAE Systems (LSE: BA) shares in my Self-Invested Personal Pension (SIPP) but I have mixed feelings about their recent success. They’re 29% over the last year and an astonishing 230% across five years. As a weapons maker, much of the demand has come Western concerns about war in Ukraine and broader tensions with China. The same applies to another FTSE 100 defence firm, Babcock International (LSE: BAB), which I don’t hold. The Babcock share price has rocketed 84% in the last year. Over five, it’s up 255%. BAE is the giant, worth more than £50bn, while…

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Penny Rinta-Suksi is a partner at law firm Blake MorganIf the government’s latest Spending Review is anything to go by, the momentum behind the next generation of public-private partnerships (PPPs) is showing no signs of slowing.  “Those of us who provide legal advice on PFIs see the same mistakes time and time again: decades-old contracts that are vague and inconsistent”After years of being somewhat out of fashion, the mood music feels positive with the government announcing that one of its flagship policies, its target for 1.5 million homes to be built by the end of the current parliament, will be delivered…

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Image source: Getty Images Time is one of the most powerful tools in personal finance. And when it comes to Individual Savings Accounts (ISAs), starting early can unlock huge long-term benefits. Thankfully, we can open a Stocks and Shares ISA at any age in the UK — it’s just called a Junior ISA for juveniles. Opening an ISA for a child at birth, even with modest contributions, allows decades of uninterrupted compounding to take place. For example, just £50 a month invested from birth with a 6% annual return could grow to over £100,000 tax-free by the time that child…

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Image source: Getty Images International Consolidated Airlines Group (LSE:IAG) shares have soared 69% since 3 April. The FTSE 100-listed aviation giant — owner of British Airways, Iberia, Aer Lingus, and Vueling — has staged a remarkable recovery as investors increasingly buy into its earnings recovery, operational discipline, and leaner balance sheet. Much of the re-rating took place ahead of the group’s half-year results on 1 August, but the numbers helped confirm the trajectory. In H1, revenue rose 8% year on year to €15.91bn, while operating profit before exceptional items jumped 43.5% to €1.88bn. Adjusted earnings per share rose by nearly…

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