Next week will at least bring us nearer to understanding the extent of the stagnation, with the arrival of preliminary UK GDP figures for the fourth quarter. Third-quarter growth was zero, and monthly ...

The IC team is back with results on two pharmaceutical stocks and a British housebuilder, plus a trading update on a big name in hospitality ...

Consequently, Prudential has been trading at a 25-30 per cent discount to US-Hong Kong–based multinational insurance group AIA (HK:1299). UBS pitches a target rice of 1,270p, with half of the implied ...

Markets are primed for another strong US payrolls report with +154,000 expected after last month’s blowout of 256,000. Unemployment is seen steady at 4.1 per cent. I guess the Federal Reserve’s Lorie ...

While the sales market is sluggish, the rental market is booming. Enter build to rent (BTR). Berkeley is not the only investor to identify the opportunity: other housebuilders such as Vistry (VTY) ...

The performance data below gives an overall summary of how sectors have performed over the past 12 months (although note those sectors don’t always map precisely onto our FTSE 350 groupings). General ...

The FTSE 100 hit a record high clear of 8,700 thanks to strong numbers from its largest weighting AstraZeneca, while traders ...

When we last reviewed F&C in January 2023 , Niven had just completed a portfolio reorganisation that involved reducing the trust’s exposure to large-cap growth stocks and increasing its exposure to US ...

Greatland Gold (GGP) says its new Telfer gold and copper mine could stay in production well beyond the 15-month life outlined when its purchase was first agreed with Newmont (US:NEM) last September, ...

“Tin is a critical mineral, that is essential for the energy transition and anything electronic,” he begins. “South Crofty is a strategic asset with the ability to responsibly provide a secure, high ...

Meanwhile, growth is back in the connectivity division, which the group said “continued to lead the recovery cycle”. The order book is up by 4 per cent, taking the book-to-bill ratio to 1.01 – the ...

The government wants to give companies easier access to pension surpluses. Banks and life insurers are paying close attention ...