Has Brewin Dolphin drawn a line in the sand?
Analysts believe today's interim update from the private client stockbroker could represent a turning point.
View ArticleUS economy smashes expectations with 1.7% Q2 growth
The US economy has confounded expectations of a 1% growth in the second quarter with a 1.7% rise.
View ArticleStrengthening US economy lifts shares and dollar
(UPDATE) British Gas owner Centrica among FTSE winners as investors prepare for US stimulus announcement.
View ArticleJohn Anderson to exit JP Morgan AM after Corporate Bond fund review
Wealth Manager can reveal Anderson is facing redundancy after JP Morgan Asset Management conducted a review of his Sterling Bond fund.
View ArticleThe Expert View: Diageo, Centrica and British American Tobacco
A roundup of some of the best analyst commentary on shares, also including Taylor Wimpey and Capita.
View ArticleLloyds £2.9 billion profit paves way for stake sale
Lloyds Banking Group has announced an underlying profit of £2.9 billion for the first half of the year, and a statutory profit of £2.1 billion, reversing a loss of £456 million last year.
View ArticleRathbones' AUM on brink of £20bn driving profits up 17%
The group announced bumper results with pre-tax profits up 17.2%, while assets under management soared by 10.6% to £19.9 billion.
View ArticleJupiter hikes divi 40% as H1 profits hit £59m
(Update) On the back of strong inflows, Jupiter Fund Management has seen its profit before tax soar from £31.2 million to £59.1 million, and as a result it has hiked its dividend by 40%.
View ArticleCity investors to float £1.5bn vehicle to snap up RBS branches
Henderson and Schroders are thought to be among the high-profile City investors looking to raise a listed vehicle to buy Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) branches, according to reports.
View ArticleInvestec sees Q2 growth wiped out by fall in rand
The group saw net outflows of 4% from its third party funds under management, but it is now sitting on a war chest of £9.3 billion.
View ArticleLloyds to plug deposit gap by focusing on advice
Lloyds is looking to pick up the slack from falling desposits by focusing on advice, it told investors.
View ArticleLloyds leaps back to profit, seeks dividend approval
Lloyds bank looks ready for the government to offload its 39% stake after unveiling much improved half-year results.
View ArticleShell stumbles but FTSE rises on recovery hopes
Oil giant Shell falls after bad half-year results but the FTSE 100 advances, buoyed by manufacturing data in the UK and Europe.
View ArticleBoE sits tight and keeps rates at 0.5%
The Bank of England has kept rates on hold at 0.5%, maintaining a four-year trend, but investors are expecting a 'new policy regime' to be unveiled by Mark Carney at the Inflation Report next week.
View ArticleThreadneedle's Burgess: 'Japan is at a frontier'
Threadneedle chief investment officer Mark Burgess believes Japanese equities are 'at the frontier' and the direction from here is uncertain.
View ArticleBlackRock's iShares hires Barclays Wealth product guru
iShares, BlackRock’s exchange-traded funds division, has appointed Tom Fekete as head of product development in Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
View ArticleWhy Barclays could be Lloyds' ‘fly in the ointment’
Today's update from Lloyds has been viewed as a sign the bank is fit to return to the private sector, but Henderson global equity head Matt Beesley says the Barclays rights issue may delay proceedings....
View ArticleNew low-cost wealth firm to cash in on 'science of capital markets'
New Manchester-based low-cost wealth management company Mamucium Capital Management takes scientific approach to investment management.
View ArticleMRB's Insight of the Week: UK equity cheap v US, but still not cheap cheap
UK equities have underperformed their US counterparts since late 2007.
View ArticleThe Expert View: Shell, Lloyds and Thomas Cook
A roundup of some of the best analyst commentary on shares, also including Aggreko and UBM.
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