Fidelity International to cut 1,000 jobs – but it’s unclear where the axe will fall March 6, 2024 Fidelity International is set to cut around 1,000 jobs globally, roughly nine per cent of its total headcount, the company announced today.
Spring Budget 2024: British ISA ‘doomed to fail’ as new policy gets mixed reaction March 6, 2024 The British ISA unveiled at today’s Spring Budget has provoked mixed reactions from the finance industry, with some arguing that it is “doomed to fail”. The new British ISA, which will be launched following a three-month consultation, allows savers to invest an extra £5,000 tax-free in UK equities, on top of the £20,000 ISA allowance. [...]
Spring Budget 2024: British Savings Bond introduced to help investors ‘save for the long term’ March 6, 2024 A new British Savings Bond has been introduced at today’s Spring Budget, which will be delivered through state-owned savings bank National Savings and Investments. In today’s fiscal event, Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said he would be making it “easier for people to save for the long term” through the introduction of the British Savings Bond, that [...]
Spring Budget 2024: British ISA unveiled to push UK retail investment March 6, 2024 The new ISA, which will be introduced after a consultation into the implementation, will allow investors to put an extra £5,000 into UK equities.
US asset managers’ split widens over social and environmental issues March 6, 2024 The split between US asset managers on issues around social and environmental policies has continued to widen, according to a new analysis of their proxy voting policies.
DS Smith: Amazon packaging giant silent on takeover bid as box volumes stay flat March 6, 2024 Packaging giant DS Smith has omitted mention of a potential takeover bid in a trading statement, instead noting that box volumes remained flat over the last three months. In a trading statement, the group said its focus remained on improving operating efficiency, resilient pricing and tight cost controls, as North America and Eastern Europe saw [...]
Digital 9 Infrastructure overcomes antitrust roadblock in plan to shutter trust March 6, 2024 Digital 9 Infrastructure is currently in the midst of laying out plans to wind down the trust, which would include selling off data centre solutions firm Verne Global.
Quilter reports growth as bosses celebrate hitting cost-cutting targets early March 6, 2024 Assets under management and administration edged back over £100bn during the year, finishing at £103.4bn, compared to £96.2bn at the end of 2022.
Mergers and acquisitions: UK deals dry to pandemic low amid ‘constrained’ conditions March 5, 2024 The number of UK mergers and acquisition (M&A) deals continued to fall in the final three months of 2023, with December seeing the lowest number since the coronavirus pandemic began. There were a total of 367 combined domestic and cross-border mergers and acquisitions in the fourth quarter of the year, down from 400 in the [...]
Equity inflows: UK investors most bullish in three years March 5, 2024 UK investors reached their most bullish in three years last month, as they poured £2.7bn into equity funds throughout February.
