Woodford tops August sales chart as trackers surge
Market volatility is prompting investors to favour a familiar name as CF Woodford Equity Income topped The Share Centre sales chart for the third month running.
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PA ANALYSIS: Income seekers deposit faith in banks
With income high on investors’ wish lists, but with large-cap defensives arguably looking undesirably expensive, the spotlight is back on financials to deliver – and apparently they have.
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PA ANALYSIS: Will rate hike and loan rise be a chance for the challengers?
With business lending set to increase and a rate rise looming, will this window of opportunity for UK challenger banks be something investors can tap into?
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Banks are still too risky and opaque – Franklin Templeton
Banks are still too opaque and afflicted by risk to warrant investor interest, according to Franklin Templeton’s Colin Morton.
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PA ANALYSIS: Are UK banks becoming income seekers’ best bet?
A wave of personnel changes, restructurings and policy shifts has swept the UK banking sector in 2015, but should income investors be rekindling their interest?
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Banks are market leaders in valuation terms – Fidelity
The banking sector is the market leader in valuation terms, says Fidelity’s Alex Wright, and investors can once again feel comfortable with it.
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Mansion House speech crucial for UK banking sector – Urquhart Stewart
HSBC’s decision to reduce client facing staff in the UK and focus in on Asia as an area of future growth, could be followed by similar actions by other overseas banks warns 7IM’s Justin Urquhart Stewart.
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PA ANALYSIS: Why banks are the real election winners
With the election done and dusted, predictably it is the banks that are the first under the spotlight. But should investors follow the Treasury’s example and use recent strength as an opportunity to sell down holdings.
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Hot China equities prompts sector caution
The recent rally in Hong Kong shares has prompted asset managers like BlackRock to become selective on Chinese equity sectors.
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HSBC threatens to move HQ outside of UK
Europe’s biggest bank HSBC is considering moving its headquarters out of the UK amid regulatory and structural reform.
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the thin line between consensus and catastrophe
Tuesdays announcement by the Office of National Statistics that UK inflation fell to zero in February underlined, not only that rates are unlikely to move higher anytime soon, but also just how quickly consensus can change.
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HSBC introduces head of passive equity role
HSBC Global Asset Management has reinforced its beta capabilities with the recruitment of a head of passive equity.
