Quarterly GDP growth stood at 0.7 per cent in the final quarter of 2024, well above expectations despite the Bank of Japan having started to raise interest rates in March and July. The base rate rose ...

UK consumer confidence is plunging like Labour’s poll ratings. The British Retail Consortium’s latest survey showed a fifth ...

CGT is something that has to be taken into consideration more and more in financial planning. With the tax-free CGT allowance ...

Some in the industry have questioned the quality of the service, however. A poll by the Federation of Independent Agents ...

Finals: Croda International (CRDA), Smith & Nephew (SN.), The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG), Uniphar (UPR), Unite (UTG) AGMs: Bankers Investment Trust (BNKR), Cel AI (CLAI), On The Beach (OTB ...

This may reflect growing concerns about market concentration and valuations providing a measure of safety, but it suggests ...

That reminds us of the use of holding a more value-minded portfolio alongside such a fund, and in Europe the most obvious pick here tends to be Lightman European. The portfolio made 11 per cent in ...

Our readers have long shied away from pensions, tax and investing but want to pick up the baton as they embark on retirement ...

Indeed, in his review of the full-year figures, group chief executive, Brian Chesky, said that he wanted the Airbnb app to evolve in much the same way as Amazon (US:AMZN), essentially spreading beyond ...

New Resolute Mining (RSG) chief executive Chris Eger will not be travelling to Mali any time soon. This is understandable ...

Donald Trump wants the US to establish a sovereign wealth fund – and no wonder. Norway’s, one of the biggest and best known ...

Founded in 2010 by Carson Block, Muddy Waters Research is best known for its short-selling, predominantly in the mid-cap ...