There are, of course, counter-arguments. One reason for paying executives in shares is to place them in the same position as shareholders. Investors acquiring the shares on the date of the share award ...

Our Big Reliables screen is, in the words of its inventor, a “simple beast”. It looks for companies that are big (at least by UK standards), increasing earnings (the ‘reliable’ bit), and generating ...

Starting this month, we’re using our stock screens to look beyond the UK (and the few dozen US names everyone already knows) ...