Markets

Confluence Of Election Cycles Makes For Stormy Seas

The end of the summer period brings about a period of reflection. As we hurtle towards the final quarter of the year a... Read more

Greenbacks Resurgence: Stellar Job Growth Propels USD Towards Weekly Dominance

Dollar is showing impressive strength in the early US session, boosted by job growth figures that nearly doubled marke... Read more

Hipgnosis Songs Suspends Senior Executive Sued For Alleged Sexual Assault

Hipgnosis Songs (SONG) has placed Kenny MacPherson on leave of absence after the senior executive was accused of sexua... Read more

Deep Dive: Pressure On High Yield Bonds Is 'easing' As Hiking Cycle Nears Peak

High yield bonds have sold off over the last year due to high inflation, rising interest rates and economic uncertaint... Read more

Templeton Emerging Markets Appoints Chair As Paul Manduca Steps Down

The £1.6bn Templeton Emerging Markets investment trust (TEMIT) has appointed Angus Macpherson as its new chair, takin... Read more

Interactive Investor Moves To Restrict Poor Value Investments On Its Platform

interactive investor has joined Fidelity’s personal investing platform in restricting investments into funds or trus... Read more

Metro Bank Under BoE And Treasury Scrutiny As It Sounds Out Potential Mortgage Book Sale - Reports

Metro Bank has begun talks over selling a portion of its mortgage book to rivals as the firm’s mounting troubles com... Read more

RM Funds Targets Infrastructure Sector With Bond Fund Launch

RM Funds has launched an open-ended fixed income fund focused on investments within the infrastructure bond sector, th... Read more

AssetCo To Sell Stake In River And Mercantile's Infrastructure Business

AssetCo Group, Martin Gilbert’s acquisition vehicle, has agreed to sell its stake in River and Mercantile’s infras... Read more

Dollar Holds Ground Despite Pullback, Eyes NFP For Fresh Momentum

Dollar, despite retracting some of its earlier gains, remains robust, demonstrating resilience as one of the week’s ... Read more

Fidelity Closes £7m Asia Absolute Return Fund

Fidelity is liquidating its £6.8m Absolute Return Asian Equity fund due to its small size. Read more

Amazon And Microsoft Supremacy In UK Cloud Market Faces Probe By Competition Watchdog

Microsoft and Amazon’s controlling role in the UK cloud market is set to face greater scrutiny, as the sector has be... Read more

Calastone: Fixed Income Funds Suffer From Market Volatility As Investors Pull £130m

Fixed income funds saw outflows in September as market volatility hit sentiment, according to fund flows data from Cal... Read more

T. Rowe Price's Ritu Vohora: Rethinking Fixed Income

The sharp rise in global bond yields since early 2022 has boosted the attractiveness for fixed income assets, but the ... Read more