Insurer RSA braces for up to £70m in weather-related losses
RSA chief executive Stephen Hester has said the FTSE 100 insurer is preparing for losses of up to £70m from the recent hurricanes in the US and the …
RSA chief executive Stephen Hester has said the FTSE 100 insurer is preparing for losses of up to £70m from the recent hurricanes in the US and the …
Apple reports earnings after setting a new high, but investors should beware of overhead risky levels.
Over four million householders will face increase payments, but 45 million savers will benefit.
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Sterling fell for a second day against the dollar, 10-year gilts rallied and the FTSE-100 Index extended its gains. The BOE’s Monetary Policy Committee …
“The FTSE 100 was helped by the plunge in the pound”, said David Madden, a market analyst at CMC Markets. Among FTSE-listed companies with …
The blue-chip FTSE 100, whose performance is shaped by the value of sterling, is rising following the decision and is now up 0.8 per cent. The more …
LONDON, Nov 2 (Reuters) – Sterling tumbled around 1 percent on Thursday and Britain’s main FTSE 100 stock index jumped after the Bank of …
LONDON (Reuters) – Sterling tumbled around 1 percent on Thursday and Britain’s main FTSE 100 stock index jumped after the Bank of England …
The gauge extended losses after the BOE announcement, though the U.K.’s FTSE 100 gained. The euro rose after data showed manufacturing in the …
The FTSE 100 index moved down marginally in the immediate aftermath of the result. It fell from 7,514 to 7,504. Interest rates were cut to 0.5 per cent …
Savers set to gain from the rise in rates to 0.5%, but mortgage costs will increase for some borrowers.
The FTSE 100 again crossed the 7,500 milestone, trading up 21.63 points, or 0.29 per cent, at 7,509.59. Many in the City were waiting for the clock to …
Bombardier says the unnamed company has signed a letter of intent for 31 firm orders.
The winner of the £2.75bn contract will build 54 high-speed trains.
The FTSE 100 stock market index was up 0.6 per cent. BoE officials were bemused by the markets’ reaction as they had intended the statement by the …
Higher sports rights payments and a slowdown in the global corporate services division hit BT’s profits.
In a session dominated by heavyweight corporate announcements, the FTSE 100 index fell back slightly to 7479.92, a drop of 8.04 points on yesterday …
Nick Train runs some of the largest investment funds in the country and is often referred to as ‘Britain’s Warren Buffett’. The fund manager adopts a …
There is limited upside potential for pairs like GBP/USD, and much greater downside potential.
LONDON — Sterling fell more than 1 percent on Thursday while Britain’s main FTSE 100 stock index jumped, after the Bank of England raised interest …
LONDON (Reuters) – Sterling fell more than 1 percent on Thursday while Britain’s main FTSE 100 stock index jumped, after the Bank of England raised …
Finding good value growth opportunities may be more difficult now that the FTSE 100 is close to a record high. However, there are still a number of …
(RTTNews.com) – U.K. shares were slightly higher on Thursday and the pound was little changed as investors braced for the Bank of England’s …
What is the best way to tackle multi-class, multi-factor investing? In their August 2017 paper entitled “Investing in a Multi-Asset Multi-Factor World”, Alexandar Cherkezov, Harald Lohre, Sergey Protchenko and Jay Raol investigate the use of factor investing across multiple asset classes. They define several factors for each of four asset classes, as follows: Equities (individual stocks for developed More
Tests carried out by analysts in Scotland conclude that a £7,600 dram bought in a Swiss hotel was a fake.
The UK’s FTSE 100 was marginally higher ahead of the Bank of England policy decision at 1200 GMT. Markets expect the central bank to raise its …
In contrast, the benchmark FTSE 100 share index rose following the Bank’s decision, climbing 54.55 points to 7,542.51. The index often rises when …
Sterling falls as the Bank of England lifts rates but indicates any future rises will be “very gradual”.
London’s FTSE 100 is flat while Frankfurt’s Xetra Dax 30 is down 0.1 per cent. The international Euro Stoxx 600 is also flat. Japan’s Topix index is up …