Investors head to Hargreaves in search for better returns: Platform gains 31,000 new customers over the summer By Lucy White For The Daily Mail Published: 22:04 BST, 8 October 2020 | Updated: 22:04 BST, 8 October 2020 Hargreaves Lansdown saw 31,000 new customers pile on to its platform over the summer as savings rates elsewhere … Read more
Premier Oil rescue wipes out shareholders: Chrysaor merger wipes out £2.3bn debt mountain but Premier investors are left with just 5% of new company By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 09:12 BST, 7 October 2020 | Updated: 09:17 BST, 7 October 2020 Premier Oil is to merge with a private equity rival, creating … Read more
City watchdog bans sale of risky cryptocurrency-linked products to protect retail investors against shock losses FCA bans sale of derivatives and tracking cryptocurrencies from 6 January It said these financial products are ‘ill-suited’ for retail investors They can put small investors at risk of ‘sudden and unexpected’ losses By Camilla Canocchi for Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 16:18 BST, … Read more
Technology has come a long way and returns have stacked up for investors in recent years, but the story of tech is littered with losses too It seems as if investors’ love of technology has been with us almost since Noah left the Ark. Of course, this is not quite the case. I remember my … Read more
Show us the money, say G4S investors: Canadians told to raise offer for troubled UK security giant By James Salmon for the Daily Mail Published: 21:53 BST, 1 October 2020 | Updated: 22:06 BST, 1 October 2020 The battle for G4S heated up yesterday as its two biggest shareholders spurned a £3billion hostile takeover bid … Read more
Furious Neil Woodford investors have slammed the financial watchdog over its drawn-out probe into the savings scandal. Grilling top regulators at the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) yesterday, savers asked why the watchdog’s investigation into the fund manager’s failed empire was taking so long. But in a snub to investors who were frozen out of the … Read more
Stocks in Tesla Inc tumbled more than seven percent as markets opened on Wednesday after CEO Elon Musk failed to impress with his promise to cut electric vehicle costs at the much awaited ‘Battery Day’ event on Tuesday. Investors slashed $50 billion from Tesla Inc’s market value on Tuesday after Musk admitted it would be … Read more
Investors have all been taken by surprise this year. Coronavirus wiped billions of pounds off the value of investments in March, and now a second wave is threatening to cause more problems. So Money Mail asked the experts what investors are concerned about — and what they need to know. A stellar bet? The Tesla … Read more
Rolls-Royce set to tap investors for £2.5bn as shares near 16-year low By Ben Harrington, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:53 BST, 19 September 2020 | Updated: 21:53 BST, 19 September 2020 Rolls-Royce is on the cusp of launching an emergency fundraising to tap shareholders for between £2billion and £2.5billion. City sources said the FTSE100-listed … Read more
Investors slam Pearson chief’s £7m windfall: Education publisher under fire over Andy Bird’s ‘golden hello’ By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 18 September 2020 | Updated: 21:50 BST, 18 September 2020 Pearson has been rocked by an embarrassing shareholder revolt over a lavish pay packet handed to its new boss. The … Read more