Ladbrokes gains on takeover speculation
Ladbrokes Coral was a gainer on Friday amid renewed rumours that the bookmaker is a takeover target. GVC, the online betting specialist, was rumoured to have worked on a potential reverse takeover of...
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Athene plans big expansion after $1.1bn IPO
Athene, the pensions provider, is to embark on aggressive expansion plans after successfully pulling off a $1.1bn flotation in New York — the third largest for a US company this year. “We expect to be...
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Biogen buoyed by hopes for Alzheimer’s drug
Biogen bucked the recent sell-off in biotechnology stocks to climb by as much as 6 per cent on Friday amid fresh optimism over the company’s experimental Alzheimer’s drug. The stock rose by the most...
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Akufo-Addo wins Ghana presidential election
Ghana re-established its reputation as one of Africa’s cleanest democracies on Friday when authorities proclaimed opposition leader Nana Akufo-Addo, 72, a British-educated lawyer and veteran...
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Stockpickers forced to adapt in the age of ETFs
We live in the Age of the ETF. As the Financial Times has been laying out over the past week, stock market trading is increasingly dominated by exchange traded funds, which did not even exist a...
View ArticleDo you invest like your peers? New study reveals how investing is changing
She added that this attitude also related to fees, with older people less concerned about paying higher charges than their younger counterparts. Reforms also mean that assets can be shielded from...
View ArticleTrump poses ‘unthinkable’ risks for China investors
In the rightwing fantasy world described in Tom Clancy’s military action novels, US President Jack Ryan establishes diplomatic relations with Taiwan despite vehement objections from Communist China....
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Asia bourses retreat as Wall Street slips off highs
Tuesday 02:10 GMT Overview Stocks around Asia were on the back foot after Wall Street fell back from record highs while the dollar softened and oil prices struggled to extend gains. Hot topic China...
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ETFs and EMs: a difficult marriage
This is part of a series on the global rise of exchange traded funds The week after Donald Trump was elected US president, emerging market equities had their steepest sell-off since the financial...
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Commodities ETFs a short-term bet for investors
This is part of a series on the global rise of exchange traded funds When food and fuel prices soared several years ago, commodities exchange traded funds became a political target. These products...
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Leaked BP report reveals risk of lethal accidents
BP has come close to at least two potentially lethal accidents as a result of shortcomings in the way it monitors the safety of its refineries and petrochemicals plants, according to an internal...
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Asia bourses mixed as Wall Street slips off highs
Tuesday 05:05 GMT Overview Stocks around Asia were mixed after Wall Street fell back from record highs while the dollar softened and oil prices struggled to extend gains. Hot topic China has popped...
View ArticlePlan to lure more self-employed into pensions
More than £80bn was poured into pensions by companies in the UK and their employees last year, but one group is conspicuously failing to save: the self-employed. Since 2012, more than 7m workers have...
View ArticleStrong China data bolster talk of Fed tightening
China’s industrial economy recorded strong growth in November, fuelling expectations that policymakers will shift their focus to controlling debt growth and strengthening the case for the US Federal...
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IEA predicts oil glut will end if deal delivered
Demand for oil will outstrip supply in the next six months as long as Opec and countries outside the cartel can implement a deal signed over the weekend to lower output, according to one of the...
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Rouble extends gains as top EM performer
Russia’s rouble has cemented its position as the best-performing currency of the past three months, enjoying the benefits of a strong oil price at a time when the US appears to be tilting towards a...
View ArticleEx-Guinea mines minister charged with taking bribes
The former minister of mines and geology for the African Republic of Guinea was arrested on Tuesday in New York and charged with taking $8.5m in bribes in exchange for assigning lucrative investment...
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European stocks climb their own wall of worry
“America is not a country, it is a world,” remarked Oscar Wilde in an interview with the Cleveland Leader about his time in the US. Since Donald Trump’s victory in the presidential election, Wall...
View ArticleTankan: corporate Japan cheers as yen falls
Optimism at Japanese companies is on the rise for the first time in 18 months after Donald Trump’s election as US president breathed new life into the country’s drive to escape deflation. The Bank of...
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Long-term US corporate borrowing costs on the rise
Long-term borrowing costs for lower-quality US investment-grade companies are nearing 5 per cent — the highest level in nine months — as investors anticipate rising inflation and higher growth,...
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