How natural language processing helps investors January 11, 2022 | City Talk Big Data, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, natural language processing (NLP) – for several years, we’ve heard how these technologies will transform investment management. Firms have invested untold capital in research in hopes of converting these trends into added revenue. Yet for many of us, these technologies and what they can bring to the investment [...]
Global tech stocks show signs of recovery after sharp sell-off January 11, 2022 Global tech stocks have shown signs of a rebound following a sharp sell-off in recent days.
Wise shares show signs of recovery after Citi sparks sell-off January 11, 2022 Wise shares began to regain ground this morning after a sharp a sell-off yesterday saw the stock plummet to its lowest price ever. Shares in the London-based fintech firm fell 2.5% before 9am but recovered to trade up 3% on their opening price. Wise shares plummeted 7% yesterday following guidance from Citi analysts that their [...]
Westminster committee calls for FCA probe into Woodford Fund collapse to finish quickly January 10, 2022 The head of a major Westminster committee has called on the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to quickly finish its probe into the collapse of the Woodford Equity Income Fund in 2019. Treasury Select Committee chair and Tory MP Mel Stride today said in a letter to the FCA that he expects the watchdog “to ensure [...]
All eyes on yields this week after latest job data points to even tighter labour market amid record vacancies January 10, 2022 It was a week of two halves for European equity markets last week, getting off to a flyer in the first three days with the Stoxx600, setting a new record high, along with the CAC40 and the FTSE100 moving above 7,500 for the first time since February 2020. The latter part of the week turned [...]
Retail investors flock to sustainability firms January 10, 2022 Retail investors have flocked to ‘cleantech’ and sustainability firms as they look to capitalise on a wave of new entrants to the sector.
THG on warpath to prove collusion as firm hands City regulator data dossier January 9, 2022 E-commerce firm THG has given a dossier of data to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), in a bid to prove hedge funds and stockbrokers conspired to push its share price down. THG chief executive Matt Moulding believes a dossier of irregular stock market trading and short-selling data will prove collusion against his company, according to [...]
Ten insightful books for value investors January 6, 2022 | City Talk Here on the Schroders value team, we’re always looking for an opportunity to gain an investment edge. Books don’t necessarily need to be directly connected to investing in order to help us find new insights. Here, we consider a variety of books that we think can offer useful perspectives to investors. Juan Torres Rodriguez suggests [...]
Boost for Global Britain as UK exporters enjoy £620m surge in post-Brexit trade with South Korea January 5, 2022 A “huge” demand for British products and services in South Korea is boosting UK companies exports to the east Asian country, according to the government. International trade secretary Anne-Marie Trevelyan said that British firms saw a £620m surge in exports to South Korea last year, a jump of nine per cent. Trade between the UK [...]
New year, new record: S&P 500 hitting new high on first day of 2022 is sign investors remain bullish about stocks January 4, 2022 The new year start off with a bang for global markets as Wall Street recorded record highs for the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The S&P 500 rose 0.6% and the Dow finished 0.7% higher. Both indexes eclipsed the record highs they set last Wednesday. The Nasdaq composite rose 1.2%. Technology stocks [...]