Retail stocks: Luxury pulls ahead while fast-fashion brands Asos and Primark lag February 20, 2025 Luxury stocks have started to outperform high streets brands once again as investors bet on a luxury upswing. Brands which struggled last year – like Burberry and Kering – are bouncing back, while brick-and-mortar reliant firms like Primark are struggling. The ten largest luxury retailers by market cap have seen their stock price rise by [...]
Burberry set to re-enter the FTSE 100 in March reshuffle February 20, 2025 Burberry looks set to re-enter the FTSE 100 in March after its shares doubled since their lows in September. The luxury brand fell out of the FTSE 100 in its September quarterly reshuffle last year after its share price dropped nearly 75 per cent in 16 months. However, glimmers of hope for a luxury rebound, [...]
UK fund investors give government’s growth plans a ‘clear thumbs down’ February 5, 2025 British investors continued to flee London’s stock market in January in a “clear thumbs down” to the government’s growth agenda, according to a closely watched funds survey. UK-focused equity funds shed some £1.07bn through January in the sixth worst month on record despite the FTSE 100 hitting an all-time high, according to data from funds [...]
Are American stocks too expensive? January 14, 2025 American stocks are expensive – really expensive. The way analysts measure how expensive stocks are is looking at the ratio of their price to the company’s annual earnings. Goldman Sachs has calculated that even excluding the largest technology companies, US market valuations are at a 20-year peak, currently sitting at a ratio of 19.3 price [...]
London Stock Exchange suffers biggest exodus in 15 years as former boss sounds alarm December 15, 2024 The former head of the London Stock Exchange Group has warned its flagship bourse has become "deeply uncompetitive" amid its biggest exodus since the financial crisis.
Why Brits are backing cash and shunning the stock market December 5, 2024 Brits are sitting on a record amount of cash and shunning the stock market – Elliot Gulliver-Needham looks at why the UK has become a nation of savers. UK cash savings have surged to a record £2.1 trillion this month, up more than £51bn since the start of 2024, according to new data from Janus [...]
Exclusive: Reeves to reveal plans for ‘world first’ private stock market Pisces November 13, 2024 The government will set out its plans for a “world first” private stock market regime tomorrow in a bid to revive the UK’s flagging IPO pipeline, City AM can reveal. At her maiden Mansion House speech in the City, the Chancellor Rachel Reeves will reveal proposals to legislate in May next year for a regulated [...]
FTSE 100 remains in the green after Bank of England holds rates September 19, 2024 Traders had been concerned that the Fed had waited too long to cut interest rates, causing unnecessary damage to the US economy.
Robinhood boss: Why UK public should trust trading and investing app after Gamestop saga September 10, 2024 In this episode of Boardroom Uncovered, the boss of Robinhood UK Jordan Sinclair talks about his journey from South Africa to the City of London, how the trading and investing app is taking on the likes of Hargreaves Lansdown and AJ Bell as well as what kind of a leader he is.
Starmer and Reeves told to put capital markets at heart of economic strategy July 11, 2024 The chief executives of challenger stock exchange Aquis and retail investment platform PrimaryBid have urged the new government to prioritise opening up UK markets to new capital as an engine for economic growth.