INVESTING SHOW: Are Lloyds, NatWest, Barclays and HSBC primed for recovery profits – and will investors ever fall back in love with bank shares? By This Is Money Published: 11:43 BST, 13 May 2021 | Updated: 11:43 BST, 13 May 2021 Britain’s big four banks’ shares have been in the doldrums for years and sank … Read more
Britain’s biggest banks are on the comeback trail, as the effects of the coronavirus pandemic on their balance sheets appear less than severe than originally feared. In their recent round of results, far from reporting spiralling losses on soured loans to business and households, Britain’s big four banks either released money that had been set … Read more
Vision: Andy Briggs is also looking at offloading some of the business Overseeing billions of pounds of retirement money is a serious business, but Andy Briggs is showing little sign of feeling the strain. In fact, the chief executive of FTSE100 insurer Phoenix Group exudes the confidence of a man with a plan as he … Read more
BT boss Philip Jansen urging investors to keep the faith in his plan to ‘build like fury’ as full-year results loom By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:52 BST, 7 May 2021 | Updated: 22:28 BST, 7 May 2021 BT will report its full-year results on Thursday as boss Philip Jansen seeks to … Read more
MR MONEY MAKER: Why investors should keep on Buffetting along like Warren and buy an Exchange Traded Fund on the S&P 500 in the USA By Justin Urquhart Stewart For The Daily Mail Published: 21:52 BST, 7 May 2021 | Updated: 22:29 BST, 7 May 2021 What’s happening? A great investment expert is finally stepping … Read more
‘Simplify, then add lightness’: My Isa could learn from Colin Chapman’s Lotus but I’m baulking at the cost of an investing spring clean, says SIMON LAMBERT By Simon Lambert for Thisismoney.co.uk Published: 09:55 BST, 6 May 2021 | Updated: 09:58 BST, 6 May 2021 ‘Simplify, then add lightness.’ That was the famous philosophy of Lotus … Read more
Investors piled into Mike Ashley’s Frasers Group after it kicked off a surprise share buyback scheme. The Sports Direct and House of Fraser owner will spend up to £60million purchasing its own stock between now and July despite warning less than a month ago that it would suffer a £200million hit from the pandemic. It … Read more
Chinese investors have spent at least £134billion on UK assets, including private schools, infrastructure businesses and top ranked British firms, it has today been reported. Investors and businesses based China or Hong Kong now own stakes in key infrastructure businesses such as Thames Water, Heathrow Airport and UK Power Networks, according to the Sunday Times. … Read more
Chinese investors have spent at least £134billion on UK assets, including private schools, infrastructure businesses and top ranked British firms, it has today been reported. Investors and businesses based China or Hong Kong now own stakes in key infrastructure businesses such as Thames Water, Heathrow Airport and UK Power Networks, according to the Sunday Times. … Read more
Major City firms pledge to bankroll £2.6bn theme park in Kent being dubbed ‘UK’s answer to Disneyland’ By Harriet Dennys, Financial Mail On Sunday Published: 21:51 BST, 1 May 2021 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 1 May 2021 Major City firms have pledged to bankroll a £2.6billion theme park in Kent which is being dubbed ‘the … Read more