iBall interviews Angela Knight
April 11th, 2008Angela Knight is a pretty formidable individual. An engineer, a former managing director and then as a Conservative MP she served as economic secretary to the Treasury in the Major government.
Losing her Sheffield seat in 1997 she became head of the Association of Private Client Investment Managers (APCIMS) before moving last year to head the British Bankers’ Association.
A baptism of fire you may think. It may not surprise you to learn that she has some strong views. Whether or not you agree with them is a different matter…


The old cliché has it that as far as the stockmarket is concerned one should go away in May and come back again on St Leger Day. What? And miss out on all the fun? Reeling retailers. Broken banks. Crunching credit. There’s so much more than mere capital accumulation, yield and dividend. Not only are there bargains out there but also more than the odd laugh. Click on the portfolio to see how our writers have got on against the market.
