Global IPO plans grind to a halt amid tariff uncertainty April 7, 2025 IPOs in the UK and US have been put on hold as markets panic amid uncertainty over the roll-out of US president Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs. Last week, Buy Now Pay Later company Klarna paused its IPO thanks to the tariffs, after planning to launch on the New York Stock Exchange later this month. Klarna’s [...]
Tariffs: UK must pick between Europe and US, investment giant warns April 7, 2025 The chief investment officer of the largest asset manager in Europe has warned that following Donald Trump’s tariffs, the UK must decide on whether it will stay aligned to the US. “For the UK, this is a moment to wake and think about what the main axis of strategic partnership they want to have is,” [...]
UBS upgrades sterling expectations amid dollar dip April 7, 2025 UBS has upgraded its expectations for sterling against the dollar due to its fall amid a global trade war kicked off by President Trump After jumping 1.3 per cent against the dollar immediately after the tariff were announced, sterling has fallen more than two per cent, leaving it 0.7 per cent down over the last [...]
Gold price rally ends abruptly following Trump tariff rollout April 7, 2025 Gold prices have fallen for the third session in a row, despite the precious metal’s reputation as a safe haven amid global trade uncertainty. Gold has fallen almost three per cent over the last week in US dollar terms after steadily increasing since the start of 2024. The fall has come amid a global collapse [...]
Confidence in UK stocks hits new high among retail investors April 3, 2025 Confidence in the UK market has hit new highs among British retail investors as savers move away from US stocks. A third of all retail investors are backing the UK as the top performing stock market over the next five years, a survey of 1,000 investors from Etoro found, well above the previous record of [...]
Liontrust dividend ‘increasingly at risk’ warns RBC April 3, 2025 Liontrust is “increasingly at risk” of running out of money to pay its dividend, an investment bank has warned, as the asset manager struggles to keep investors from withdrawing their cash. In a research note, RBC analysts cut expectations for Liontrust’s adjusted profit before tax by one per cent for 2025, 14 per cent for [...]
JD Sports, Dr Martens and miners: UK stocks hit by Trump tariffs April 3, 2025 UK markets have been pummelled by US president Donald Trump’s newly-introduced tariffs, with JD Sports and miners hit particularly hard on the FTSE 100. JD Sports has been pushing a rapid expansion into the US, which is now its largest region by revenue, but is set to be hit by the 10 per cent tariff [...]
FTSE 100 plunges as S&P 500 set to slump April 3, 2025 The FTSE 100 opened 1.4 per cent lower this morning as the UK was spared the worst of the economic impact from US president Donald Trump’s sweeping tariff regime. UK markets have been hit after the country was hit by a sweeping 10 per cent tariff on exports to the US from next week, along [...]
GP landlord Primary Health Properties makes new offer for peer Assura April 3, 2025 GP landlord Primary Health Properties (PHP) has made a new offer for FTSE 250 healthcare real estate investment trust peer Assura, offering a £1.5bn merger to the REIT. PHP has offered £1.5bn for the trust, which would see Assura’s shareholders owning about 48 per cent of the combined group’s shares, which would become the eighth [...]
Investment industry shuns US stocks amid Trump tariff threat April 2, 2025 Investors are finally pulling back from US stocks amid uncertainty over president Donald Trump’s looming tariffs and potential for better gains in Europe and the UK. A survey of investment management CIOs from Asset Risk Consultants (ARC) found that a third of wealth managers slashed exposure to the US throughout the last quarter. Sentiment among [...]
