'Buy-to-let is dead', say landlords, as they start buying shops instead
Moving property into a limited company can also have significant tax implications, with owners potentially incurring stamp duty and capital gains tax liabilities. Instead Mr Chilvers will continue to...
View ArticleAtlas Copco announces split as chief resigns
Atlas Copco is to split itself in two and appoint a new chief executive as Sweden’s largest industrial group tries to boost shareholder value. The Wallenberg-backed company is hoping to spin off its...
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Bourses soft but Footsie holds near record
Monday 10:00 GMT Overview Stock markets are mostly lower and base metal prices are falling as investors start the week of US president-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration in a risk off mood. The...
View ArticleAshmore suffers outflows as Trump sparks jitters
Ashmore suffered $700m of outflows in the last quarter after investors fled the FTSE 250 listed asset manager amid fears about the impact of the election of Donald Trump on emerging markets. The fund...
View ArticleAlliance Trust unveils new fund managers in trust shake-up
Alliance Trust has unveiled eight fund managers that will take over its investment management as part of a radical overhaul. Before Christmas the £3.6bn investment trust – one of Britain’s oldest –...
View ArticleFink calls for Europe to bolster capital markets
Larry Fink has urged Europe to bolster its capital markets, warning that its “excessive reliance” on banks and insurers to fund growth was hobbling the economy and fuelling “frustration” among...
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Currencies fluctuate in Asia ahead of May’s speech
Tuesday 02.00 GMT Overview Stocks were putting in a mixed performance in Asia, while currencies fluctuated as markets braced for the impact of a speech by UK Prime Minister Theresa May laying out her...
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Kuwait closer to first sale of dollar debt
Kuwait is finalising plans for its first ever sale of dollar-denominated debt, extending the rush of mega-bond deals from Gulf states grappling with lower oil prices. Bankers from at least two...
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Trump’s tweets offer investors an opportunity
Tweets from Donald Trump about “out of control costs” for a new 747 Air Force One being built by Boeing and Lockheed Martin’s F-35 programme sent both stocks rapidly lower in December. The...
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US and emerging markets look ripe for growth
Given that we’re at the start of a bright, shiny Trumpian new year I thought that before plunging into my main investment theme for 2017, I’d review what happened to my big idea for 2016: oil. This...
View ArticleSterling and engineers: hard facts
Five decades ago, a pound bought almost three dollars and a little over 11 Deutschmarks. On Tuesday, as Theresa May, the UK prime minister, prepares to spell out details of what is increasingly...
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HSBC criticised over financing palm oil companies
HSBC has been criticised for supporting environmental destruction by providing financing to palm oil companies alleged to have been behind deforestation in key production regions. In a report...
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Europe stocks soft ahead of May’s speech
January 17, 2017 by: Jamie Chisholm, Global Markets Commentator Tuesday 08:40 GMT Overview Sterling is enjoying gains against a broadly weak dollar ahead of US president-elect Donald Trump’s...
View ArticleThe pound and UK assets: what you need to know
Market moves in London ahead of Theresa May’s Brexit speech Source link
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Is the FTSE moving into bubble territory?
What do the stock and currency markets tell us about the widespread claims before the referendum that Brexit would mean financial and economic disaster? And how seriously should we take suggestions...
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Kinder Morgan aids energy sector new-year losses
Energy shares have had their best start to a year since 2013, helped by improved sentiment on oil prices. The S&P 500 energy sector index is down 0.7 per cent so far this year, compared with an...
View ArticleThesys to build equity market surveillance system
A much delayed surveillance system to monitor trading in the world’s largest equity market took a big leap forward on Tuesday with the selection of the group to build and operate the project. Founded...
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RBI independence questioned in India’s cash chaos
India’s central bank and its new governor are facing a barrage of criticism over their role in the recall of 86 per cent of the country’s currency, with a growing chorus casting doubt over the...
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Dollar and sterling react to Trump and May
Wednesday 02:20 GMT Overview Currency movements once again dominated trading in Asia as markets reacted to UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit blueprint and unexpected criticism of the dollar’s...
View ArticleCapital Group CEO says post-Trump change in markets is real
Global markets are on the cusp of a new era of faster economic growth, rising interest rates and higher inflation, according to the head of Capital Group, one of the world’s biggest asset managers....
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