FTSE 100 today: London markets braces for cautious opening as U.S. and Asian markets slip March 5, 2024 Hong Kong and Chinese stocks fell as China set a 5% growth target. Meanwhile, Bitcoin surged past $68,000. Investors now await Fed Chair Jerome Powell's testimony for market insights.
China’s audacious aim: pursuing five per cent growth target amidst economists’ scepticism March 5, 2024 China has set its sights on achieving an economic growth target of approximately 5% for the current year, a goal that some economists consider ambitious.
How private sector firms like TASNEE are powering Saudi success March 5, 2024 Ask Mutlaq Al-Morished to sum up Saudi’s economic transformation in one word, and you hear the same one you hear across the Kingdom.
Saudi ‘localisation’ in defence is powering a whole new ecosystem March 5, 2024 Saudi Arabia's growing defence industry has spawned a wider ecosystem of private sector firms
Saudi defence giant Intra ‘immensely proud’ of industry strides March 5, 2024 ONE OF THE MOST EYE-CATCHING areas of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 is the Kingdom’s plan for the future of its defence industry
Saudi shift away from oil and gas doesn’t mean end of chemicals industry March 5, 2024 Much has been made of Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 and the desire of the country’s leadership to shift the country’s economy away from a reliance on oil and gas.
Historic London spa newly opened after tragic fire two years ago March 4, 2024 Spa Experience has re-opened its branch within Islington’s historic Ironmonger Row Baths after a two-year closure; the result of a devastating fire that ravaged the Grade II listed building in 2022.
That’s bonza! Australian pension fund commits £8bn to UK in pre-budget boost March 4, 2024 Australia’s biggest pension fund is set to pump another £8bn into the UK in the coming years in a boost to Jeremy Hunt ahead of the budget this week.
Alter Domus: Cinven buys majority stake in fund administrator March 4, 2024 Permira first took a stake in Alter Domus in 2017, with the firm having seen revenue, earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation (EBITDA) and employees quintuple in that time.
Pension funds have ‘abrogated responsibility to the UK,’ says Peel Hunt March 4, 2024 Pension funds have “abrogated their responsibility” to the UK and should start preparing to disclose how much of their cash goes into British firms, one of the UK’s top investment banks has said, after the Chancellor revealed plans for a sweeping shake-up of rules ahead of the budget on Wednesday.
