For traders, the logic went like this: more military escalation meant an ever-higher risk premium. By closing the Strait of ...

Templeton Emerging Markets Investment Trust (TEM) is one way to access this region. It is an emerging markets pioneer, founded as one of the first trusts offering exposure to the sector back in 1989.

A more charitable view of the equity market events of recent days takes into account a wider range of assets. Credit spreads have improved, US Treasury yields have fallen back, and the dollar has ...

The potential for a bidding war for Spectris (SXS), the FTSE 250 instrumentation and testing manufacturer that traces its roots back to 1915 as the Fairy Aviation company, looks less likely after the ...

Shell (SHEL) has denied it is in discussions to acquire BP (BP.) after publication of a Wall Street Journal story suggesting the pair were in early talks following months of speculation over a tie-up.

Stifel’s Iain Scouller added that Saba had declared a few positions this month alone, including a 5.1 per cent stake in multi-asset vehicle Abrdn Diversified Income & Growth (ADIG), 6.8 per cent in ...

In artificial intelligence (AI) computing, the undisputed leader has been Nvidia (US:NVDA). Such dominance has enabled it to ...

Women and Wealth takes a look at the gender pay gap, how to ask for that pay rise and how to make the most of your work ...

To conclude our analysis of the industrials and engineering sectors, we now turn to a collection of stocks that may seem less dynamic and exciting than their very best peers, but which are attractive ...

Liontrust has broadened its alternatives capability. It has also achieved annualised cost savings of £6mn, while outsourcing trading and data services to Bank of New York Mellon. Rightfully, the ...

London-based social and digital media group Brave Bison (BBSN:2.85p) has announced its fourth acquisition of the year, MiniMBA, a marketing skills and training platform. The business is being sold by ...

Meanwhile, National Savings & Investments (NS&I) has announced it will cut the Premium Bonds prize rate to 3.6 per cent ...