Dividend payouts forecast for revival this year after pandemic cliff edge May 26, 2021 Dividend payouts are expected to return to near pre-pandemic levels after miners and banks led a revival in the first quarter of 2021. Asset manager Janus Henderson has upgraded this year’s forecast from $1.32 trillion to $1.36 trillion in its latest dividend index published today. It comes after a strong first quarter for payouts which [...]
Rishi Sunak to propose new powers to block London listings over security fears May 25, 2021 Chancellor Rishi Sunak is set to propose new powers which will enable companies to be prevented from listing on London’s financial markets over security concerns. Sunak will launch a consultation on the plan in the next two weeks as the government tries to crack down on “dirty money” in London’s financial bodies. A Treasury spokesperson [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: Daddy could put in Superb performance May 25, 2021 A TYPICAL head-scratching contest for the form students, the Class 4 Westlands Handicap (1:45pm) could prove to be a tough ask. Most of the dozen contenders can be given some sort of chance on their best form, with the likelihood of the draw and speed tempo playing an important part in determining the result. The [...]
Hong Kong Racing Tips: The Mauritain Magician’s a man on a mission May 25, 2021 JOCKEY Karis Teetan looks a man on a mission at present, taking the final Group 1 of the season, the Standard Chartered Champions & Chater Cup, aboard Panfield at Sha Tin on Sunday and presently can’t stop riding winners. Seven wins from his last 35 rides bares testament to that and, with victories at the [...]
Syrian election neither ‘free nor fair’, Western leader say May 25, 2021 The foreign ministers of Britain, France, Germany, Italy and the US have tonight denounced tomorrow’s presidential elections in Syria, saying the vote will be neither “free nor fair”. With the Syrian civil war now into its eleventh year, the ministers criticised incumbent leader Bashar al-Assad’s decision to hold a vote. They said that the international [...]
Temptation Isle: Is London City Island the hottest property ticket in town this year? May 25, 2021 Arising in East London are over 1,700 new flats and townhouses – on an island within the capital. London City Island is a new neighbourhood development inspired by the architecture of Tokyo and Chicago, according to its developers. The Island, created by EcoWorld Ballymore, has been referred to as a “Mini Manhattan”, according to estate [...]
Russia and Saudi Arabia planning joint space mission May 25, 2021 Russia and Saudi Arabia are preparing for a joint manned space mission, the former’s government confirmed today, in another sign of warmer relations between the two countries. In a statement, the Kremlin said that Saudi astronauts were being trained in Russia while the mission is developed. “Speaking of the two countries’ work on the joint [...]
US businesses team up to oppose Biden’s tax rise proposals May 25, 2021 Business groups in the US have formed a coalition to oppose tax increase proposals by the Biden administration. The US government has proposed a global minimum corporation tax rate, as well as increasing tax payments in the US in order to pay for infrastructure projects. The tax proposals “could not come at a worse time”, [...]
Airlines avoid Belarus airspace as EU mulls sanctions May 25, 2021 A growing number of airlines have stopped flying through Belarusia airspace after the “hijacking” of a Ryanair flight carrying a dissident journalist. Carriers including Lufthansa, KLM, SAS, Air France, LOT and Singapore Airlines have thus far announced they would stop flying over Belarus. The decision to stop flying comes after the EU last night called for [...]
Less than half of small businesses will ask staff to return to the office full-time May 25, 2021 Fewer than one in two of small business owners plan to advise their staff to return to the office after 21 June, when government restrictions on home working will be lifted, according to new survey results. Financial services company Hitachi Capital Business Finance polled over a thousand UK-based small business owners to find out how [...]
