A fall in chief executive pay means FTSE 100 companies are starting to listen to the demands of their shareholders, but more work is needed to close the gap with the rest of the workforce, a report has found.
With the FTSE 100 on an almost continual rise, which are the ‘red flag’ stocks that investors should watch out for? Investment bank Liberum lists the seven ‘sinful’ stocks in the top 100 they would “prudently seek to avoid”.
The financial health of FTSE 100 companies is at “significant risk” from the escalating liabilities of their pension schemes, a report has found.
One year on from the shock of the Brexit referendum and the UK’s decision to leave the EU, we delve into the data to find out exactly how the result has hit investments.
Global markets edged to record highs in early trading on Friday amid a flurry of positive economic data.
Sterling has suffered its biggest fall since April after a poll suggested the Conservative party’s lead in the UK general election had diminished.
The FTSE 100 smashed the 7,270 mark on Thursday morning after Shell reported earnings growth and HSBC’s profits beat analyst expectations.
The week kicks off with BT in hot water, a Trump-fuelled fall in the FTSE 100 and a redemption moment for sterling.
News of Standard Life’s agreement to purchase Aberdeen Asset Management has seen shares in both companies take off, with the former climbing to its highest value in over a year.
The FTSE 100 fell 0.7% to 7,221 as RBS rounded off a busy week of UK bank results with a staggering £7bn loss, while Standard Life failed to wow with weaker gross inflows.
Shares in Barclays were a fraction of a percent down at 234p by midday on Thursday despite the bank reporting full year profits close to three times the amount recorded the previous year.
This week a raft of results releases from the major United Kingdom banks and some other financials should provide valuable insight into the health of the financial sector, and perhaps the UK economy in general.
