The travails of the UK’s best-known stockpicker are well known at this point. Fundsmith Equity (GB00B41YBW71), the Terry Smith vehicle known for a decade or so of superior returns, has not managed to ...

The Monetary Policy Committee is divided. In June it voted 6-3 to keep rates on hold; in May there were five votes for a 25bps cut, two for a hold and two for a 50bps cut. Once August is done, the ...

Mittal’s Bharti Enterprises conglomerate is the ultimate owner of BT’s fellow FTSE 100 telco company Airtel Africa (AAF), a notably strong market performer in 2025. The company’s shares have risen ...

Even if they weren’t at a construction site, hard hats would have been advisable for US President Donald Trump’s meeting with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell last week. Investors may need ...

The FTSE 100 finished up 4.2 per cent for July, its best month since January, but trades down today, sitting just below the 9,100. There wasn’t much to shout about – Melrose up a lot with profits ...

Dan Jones and the team discuss whether asset managers are back, the best way to retire and a busy earnings season ...

Britain’s national debt could rise to 270 per cent of GDP by the 2070s. That’s according to the Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR), assuming current spending and tax patterns continue. It’s a ...

Interim figures for St James’s Place (STJ) got the thumbs up from the market on results day, as evidenced by a near-10 per cent share price gain. The market reacted to several positive outcomes, ...

West African gold miner facing pressure from Burkina Faso and Côte d’Ivoire governments but can manage higher taxes ...

The government’s target increasingly appears fantastical. But what does this mean for investing in the industry?

These considerations aside, the performance of bank’s wealth and markets arms at the June half year could well support the current share price momentum. Global markets income rose by 47 per cent on a ...

A more complex world, as well as a higher cost of borrowing, also bodes well for the sector. At the start of the year, AJ Bell head of investment research Paul Angell pointed to the Polar Capital fund ...