WH Ireland shares lost most of the ground secured yesterday, falling 11.5% to 112.8p during morning trading, despite Kuwaiti European Holding confirming its acquisition of a stake in the firm.
Capital Group has announced it will make its emerging markets strategy available to investors outside the US this October via a Luxembourg vehicle.
WH Ireland shares soared after the City broker confirmed rumours that Kuwaiti European Holdings was looking to acquire a stake in the business.
Morningstar Europe, Middle East and Africa investment strategist Andy Brunner has announced his retirement from the company.
Investec cautioned profits would be “slightly behind the prior year”, despite positive H1 net inflows in its asset management arm.
The Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee unanimously voted to hold rates at 0.25% Thursday, but economists expect another rate cut will materialise in November.
Next shares slipped 4.8% to 4960p Thursday morning as the Office for National Statistics unveiled healthy retail sales growth in August and Morrisons shares shot up 8.06% to 209.2p.
Returns, generally speaking, have been unexpectedly strong in 2016, according to Chris Iggo CIO of global fixed income at AXA Investment Managers.
More than half (54%) of the respondents surveyed by NN Investment Partners expect institutional investors to raise their exposure to emerging market debt over the next three years despite volatility inducing events like a Federal Reserve rate rise and the Brexit aftermath.
Consumer price inflation was unchanged in August but economists warned we have yet to witness the full impact of sterling depreciation post-Brexit vote.
From semiconductor manufacturer TSMC to companies specialising in advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) in automobiles, Taiwan is home to a number of disruptive innovators that investors would be wise to take notice of, according to Hermes senior investment analyst Kunjal Gala.
With governments around the world increasingly indebted but many companies ‘flush with cash’, Artemis fund manager Simon Edelsten argued that investing in global equities is the real low risk option now.
