Henry Boucher: the impact of rising food price volatility
Henry Boucher, deputy CIO of Sarasin & Partners, and manager of the Citywire Selection pick Sarasin AgriSar, gives his thoughts on rising food price inflation and the challenges facing global food...
View ArticleYell investors follow Woodford and back debt restructure
Investors in the heavily indebted Yellow Pages publisher have thrown their support behind the Yell's debt turnaround plans.
View ArticleAstraZeneca falls on drug tests as FTSE flatlines
Stock markets in Europe recover following a better-than-expected report on German business morale.
View ArticleThreadneedle’s Kinder: my long and short positions for 2012
Second-tier defensive stocks which have been unnecessarily de-rated are looking attractive going into the new year, while over-valued IPOs are among those companies ideal for shorting, according to...
View ArticleArtemis Alpha Trust posts a £25 million pre-tax loss
Chairman Simon Miller said exposure to unquoted companies in a diffuclt IPO environment damaged performance.
View ArticleFrom debt-stricken banks to Chinese forestry firns: these are 2011's most...
The past 12 months may have been tough for stock pickers but the sudden pendulum swings in equity markets failed to knock short sellers off their stroke.
View ArticleMoody's takes aim at UK's AAA-rating
The ratings agency has warned Britain may be unable to maintain its AAA rating and fears its worsening economic outlook and fragile state of its public finances could lead to a downgrade.
View ArticleUK slides further into recessionary territory as confidence hits three-year low
A key indicator of the mood of UK consumers has dived to a 2009 low as concerns about job stability and economic growth weigh on the minds of Brits.
View ArticleFTSE nudges up despite Moody's AAA warning to UK
Britain's stocks inched up during this morning's trade, following on from a strong take up of Spanish debt at the country;s latest auction flying in the face of Moody's warning over the UK's AAA status.
View ArticleBank of England keeps QE gun loaded
Concerns about inflation and growth keep the door ajar for more QE in the new year.
View ArticleHugh Young's equity team takes charge of two trusts
The veteran Aberdeen investor will help take charge of the Asia Tiger and India funds, bringing over an extra £636 million in assets to the group.
View ArticleWhy equities are simply not worth the risk
Risky assets will be buried during the period ahead and the prevailing equity risk premium is ‘not sufficient’ to justify investing in the stock markets, said GLG’s Jamil Baz.
View ArticleECB rolls out £409bn liquidity operation
More than 500 banks requested access to the European Central Bank's ultra cheap credit line.
View ArticleStandard Life to launch global smaller companies fund in new year
Harry Nimmo and Alan Rowsell will jointly manage the fund which will launch 19th Janurary 2012.
View ArticleFitch: US may be stripped of AAA rating by 2013
After Moody's warning to the UK, a rival rating agency has turned on the US and warned that drastic deficit reduction measures are needed if the country is to cling on to its safe haven status.
View ArticleIs now a good time to embrace the euro?
Sterling's relative weakness and lower corporate tax rates could give the UK the upper hand, Turcan Connell's Haig Bathgate argues.
View ArticleMarkets rally to unwrap presents from ‘Santa Mario’
The FTSE 100 rose nearly 1% as markets continued to celebrate a supply of cheap loans from the European Central Bank.
View ArticleUK growth revision not enough to avert recession
The UK grew by a better than expected 0.6% in the three months to September, but economists fear that a recession still looms as growth stagnated in quarter four.
View ArticleAnnual cost of Phil Milburn's high yield bond fund set to rise
Kames Capital has said it will lift the charge on the £477 million vehicle in March next year, bringing it into line with its key bond fund competitors.
View ArticleFund manager forecasts: 12 calls for 2012
As a momentous year in the financial world draws to close, some of the UK’s top fund managers reflect on the last year's events and give their predictions for what the year ahead holds.
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