Share Centre to target wealth space
There is a space for a new kid on the wealth management block and The Share Centre is well placed to fill it according to the firm’s chief executive Richard Stone.
There is a space for a new kid on the wealth management block and The Share Centre is well placed to fill it according to the firm’s chief executive Richard Stone.
The picture for UK companies looks “murkier” despite them posting bumper profits in the last financial year, according to the latest data from The Share Centre.
Shares in the British high street retailer surprised on the upside, despite producing what analysts called a “very disappointing trading update”.
Plastics packager RPC has delighted markets and shareholders by announcing it will be offering a share buyback programme of up to £100m.
UK income investors are on alert after research revealed that dividend cover for companies listed in the FTSE 350 has fallen 18% in the past year, hitting its lowest level for seven years.
Huge falls in the price of oil have not been enough to convince some asset allocators and managers that now is the time to get back into the asset class.
Both of Neil Woodford’s income vehicles were featured in The Share Centre’s top-ten traded funds in May, in spite of recent doubts over performance.
Recently privatised Royal Mail is in the danger zone for potentially being relegated out of the FTSE 100 index of the UK’s top shares, according to experts.
A growing headline loss in easyJet’s interim report wreaked havoc on its share price, while UK equity income favourite Vodafone’s final results revealed it was in a better place to shake off the Brexit blues.
Neil Woodford scored a notable double with his new Income Focus Fund and established Equity Income Fund dominating sales through The Share Centre in March.
India continues to be investors’ go-to choice on the emerging market front with the aftermath of last year’s demonetisation of high-value bank notes expected to have a “short-lived” impact on the economy, according to The Share Centre.
Indian equities and US-mid caps made an appearance in the top five biggest selling funds in December alongside some of the usual suspects, according to the Share Centre.