Carney speech could threaten FTSE 100 earnings
Mark Carney’s comments on interest rates at Mansion House last night are the clearest sign yet that a rise is not far off and could lead to earnings downgrades for some FTSE 100 companies.
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Commodities roil on Iraq tensions SA strikes
Oil futures hit nine month highs on Friday, with gold and silver following its lead, while pgms continued their fall.
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MiFID II in sight after entry into EU Journal
MiFID II, the European legislation aimed at improving financial transparency, is to come into force on 2 July after being published in the Official Journal of the EU today.
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How to set a realistic income target
There are few certainties in the investment world, except even the best fund managers will from time-to-time underperform, what booms will one day bust and clients will still demand income.
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Thesis makes big move into defensive funds
Thesis Asset Management has increased its exposure to defensive style equity funds to take advantage of what it says is the relative cheapness of the underlying stocks, particularly in the mega-cap sector.
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fca says banks paid 1pt1bn for swap missselling
Banks nabbed selling miss-selling interest rate hedging products have forked out £1.1bn in compensation, the FCA said.
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headtohead invesco lat am vs blackrock strategic
With all eyes on Brazil as the World Cup championship heats up, this weeks head-to-head takes on two Latin American funds.
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PA mini World Cup of stock markets
With the biggest sporting event in the world now upon us PA looks at how some of the nations competing match up in a mini tournament based on stock market performance over the past year.....
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Bonds continue to dominate European fund flows
According to the latest numbers from Lipper, bond funds continue to see strong inflows.
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treasury boe and fca roll out market abuse review
Chancellor George Osborne is launching a 12-month review of market abuse targeting the UKs foreign exchange market with tougher rules for criminal offences.
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Is it time to shun UK retail stocks
As Sainbury’s becomes the latest UK retail name to announce falling sales investors may well be asking themselves whether it is a sector to steer clear of all together in the near term.
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Fixed income investors must manage expectation
Invesco Perpetuals co-head of fixed interest, Paul Read, says there is even less value in bonds now than there was at the beginning of the year.