Investment
Investment | 5 Feb 18
Aberdeen Standard and Fidelity ‘worst of the worst’
Aberdeen Standard Investments and Fidelity have been named and shamed as the worst performing groups in Bestinvest’s bi-annual Spot the Dog report.
Investment | 2 Feb 18
Provident Financial’s shares up 5% as new CEO confirmed
Provident Financial’s share price gained on Friday morning after confirming it had finally found a replacement chief executive.
Watching the pound is important for UK investors
Weighed down by the strength of sterling, investors in UK equities have suffered a tough start to 2018 with both the FTSE 100 and FTSE All-Share indices registering negative returns in January.
Investment | 1 Feb 18
Mixed fortunes for FTSE 100 income favourites
Markets were non-plussed by equity income favourites, Vodafone, Unilever and Royal Dutch Shell, on Thursday despite the latter two producing a decent set of final results.
BlackRock launches high yield bond fund
BlackRock has launched a fixed-term high yield bond fund, which primarily invests in US dollar denominated high corporate bonds with five-year maturities.