Preliminary manufacturing, services and composite PMI data for May will reflect data collected from the middle of last week ...

AGMs: Aquis Exchange (AQX), Genuit (GEN), Harworth (HWG), Science Group (SAG), Social Housing REIT (SOHO) Companies paying dividends: Direct Line Insurance (5p), HG Capital Trust (3.5p), Murray ...

Ad slowdown aside, Future remains a cash machine. Adjusted free cash flow came in at £111.5mn, with 111 per cent adjusted operating profit conversion. A higher cash balance reduced net debt to £241mn, ...

On the other hand, Bank of America remains negative on European equities. Its analysts argued that there is “scope for disappointment” with current share prices. Their base case is for 10 per cent ...

The FTSE 100 is looking a bit livelier after Thursday’s rally, posting modest gains early Friday. The blue chips snapped a ...

Fidelity has apologised for incorrectly handling the Anglo American (AAL) demerger after a customer was told he would have to sell his stake and buy back shares 10 days later.

Last week, the Financial Times reported that chancellor Rachel Reeves is preparing to launch a review of Isas as soon as July. The plan is to change the rules of the tax-free account to encourage ...

Smaller-scale Reits have also been taken private or wound down. Some industry analysts believe the decline in the absolute number of externally managed Reits has led to some unjustified valuation ...

Professional services has become a favourite hunting ground for private equity, and it’s not hard to see why. Recurring revenues, strong cash flows and plenty of buy-and-build potential make companies ...

Public attitudes towards the energy transition appear to be evolving, further clouding the investment landscape ...

Dan Jones and team discuss a consumer credit reporting company, a tobacco multinational business, and how to prepare your portfolios to travel the world ...

Having struggled even more than WPP in the second half of the 2010s, by 2023 Publicis was growing twice as fast as the industry average and last year surpassed WPP to become the largest ad agency by ...