Investment

Property | 24 Oct 16

Real estate investment trusts (Reits) may see total returns come off recent highs by the end of 2016, as energy infrastructure and dividend-paying stocks take the lead among equities that provide regular income, said Mark McAllister, senior portfolio manager at Clearbridge Investments, a Legg Mason affiliate.

Investment | 21 Oct 16

Massive, opportunistic M&A activity doesn’t tend to be a characteristic of the bottom of a cycle. Still-standing majors, snapping up capitulating minnows is common, but two behemoths joining forces is usually left for times when shares are expensive and can do a lot of the heavy lifting.

Investment | 21 Oct 16

M&G Investments has announced it will resume trading in the shares of the £4bn M&G Property Portfolio and its feeder fund at noon on Friday 4 November.

Investment | 21 Oct 16

Despite a gloomy beginning to the year, global equities have started to outshine the backdrop of economic malaise that threatened their upward trajectory, with the index delivering 19.2%

Europe | 20 Oct 16

European Central Bank president Mario Draghi delivered a relatively short address after the October governing council meeting on Thursday which was light on substance, but there was something in his remarks that may worry investors.