Analysis

Companies | analysis 14 Feb 18

Itaconix and RM2 International, two small-cap firms that are majority owned by Neil Woodford, have reported cash troubles in their latest trading updates. Elsewhere, the heavyweight UK manager has doubled his exposure to builder Crest Nicholson.

Investment | analysis 13 Feb 18

Consumer price index (CPI) inflation remained at 3% in January, defying the consensus view that it would marginally dip to 2.9%.

Emerging Markets | analysis 12 Feb 18

Improving fundamentals in the emerging market debt market are outweighing recent notes of caution about valuations, according to Morningstar.

Asia | analysis 12 Feb 18

Friday 16 February marks the Chinese New Year, with 2018 welcoming the Year of the Dog. However, while the dog is associated with honesty, faithfulness, and a strong sense of responsibility in the Chinese zodiac, investors will be hoping for a repeat of 2017 – the Year of the Rooster – which saw the MSCI China Index return nearly 55%.

Investment | analysis 9 Feb 18

Developing nations have been racking up a lot of debt over the past few years, but Rathbones’ head of asset allocation research, Edward Smith, thinks this is unlikely to spark a widespread credit crisis.