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Sells lead increase in trading in wake of bank earnings
Angus Rigby, Chief Executive Officer, TD Waterhouse comments: "Overall trading by TD Waterhouse customers jumped by 50% this week as the FTSE 100 traded above 5,400 points following a series of profit announcements by high street lenders, and as oil supermajor BP plc (BP) found new buying support.
Aviva remains The Share Centre's preferred insurance stock
This morning, Prudential announced better than expected results and an increase in its interim dividend by 5%. Nick Raynor, investment advisor at The Share Centre explains what this means for investors.
UK corporate activity points to continued recovery
Economic indicators are sending conflicting messages at the moment, suggesting uncertain times ahead. This leaves fund managers divided between those who are concerned about the prospect of a double dip recession and those who are more optimistic about the strength of the recovery.
Blend ISAs with pensions' - Government urged to make changes
George Ladds, head of investment and pension research at Fair Investment Company looks at ways to encourage young people to save for retirement.
SWIP’s Short Term Fund reaches £2 billion mark
SWIP's Short Term Fund, launched to the institutional market in 2006, has reached £2bn in assets under management. Over the last three years the fund has given annualised returns of 4.68% against the benchmark of 3.11%.
Invesco launches offshore Latin American Equity Fund
Invesco announces the launch of a new fund, the Invesco Latin American Equity Fund, available to offshore investors and managed by award winning fund manager Dean Newman, who has 24 years' equity investment experience.
Sainsbury’s Finance launches new 12-month cash ISA
Sainsbury's Finance has launched a new 12 month Cash ISA paying 2.6% Gross AER. Balances start from £500, and customers can save up to the maximum regulated allowance of £5,100 a year.
CTF contributions still strong
Contributions to Child Trust Funds have continued to increase - according to the latest quarterly statistics from TISA - despite the government announcement that children born after the end of this year will not qualify for an account.
The rise and rise of the global consumer
Peter Kirkman, manager of the JPM Global Consumer Trends Fund has urged investors not to overlook the power of the consumer post credit crunch and he believes that many investors are missing out on some of the better growth stories of the 21st century.
ISA savers drawn away from cash to equities
Following the Monetary Policy Committee's (MPC) decision to hold the Bank of England base rate at 0.5%, Chris Linpow, investment specialist at NFU Mutual, explains why savers are giving alternatives to cash ISAs some serious consideration.
RBS posts a profit but still has a long road to follow
RBS today announced a net profit of £9m for the first half of 2010. Its move to profitability was due to accounting rules and the underlying position for the first half of 2010 was break even. Graham Spooner, investment adviser at The Share Centre, explains what this means for investors.
Banks dominate trading ahead of reporting season
Angus Rigby, Chief Executive Officer, TD Waterhouse comments: "Bank stocks dominated trading this week ahead of the announcement of interim earnings by three of the largest players in the sector: Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY), Barclays (BARC) and Royal Bank of Scotland Group (RBS).
HSBC launches Global Inflation Linked Bond fund
HSBC Global Asset Management has launched a Global Inflation Linked Bond fund that invests in a diversified portfolio of sovereign inflation-linked bonds issued by OECD countries such as Australia, Canada, Sweden, UK, US, Japan and some countries in the Eurozone.
Investors shun UK in favour of foreign firms big and small
Three-quarters of investors expect the best returns over the next year to come from companies based outside the UK, according to F&C Investments' latest Question of the Month survey.
New stock market linked savings account from HSBC
HSBC has introduced a new savings account that could give an 18 percent return on investments over 3 and a half years if the stock market doesn't fall.