Manufacturing activity jumps to highest level in over two years June 3, 2024 The survey showed that the upturn in activity was broad-based by both sub-sector and company size.
Monzo posts first annual profit as digital bank targets European expansion June 3, 2024 Monzo has reported its first annual profit since it launched in 2015, with the digital challenger bank enjoying record growth and unveiling plans to expand into Europe.
Tokenisation of Real World Assets becoming killer institutional use case June 3, 2024 Each day, Coinrule will run through the state of the digital assets market for Blockbeat, your home for news, analysis, opinion and commentary on blockchain and digital assets. The news that the FCA and the Bank of England are setting up a Digital Securities Sandbox broke recently. While the possibility of tokenising real world assets [...]
Businesses bet on growth as activity begins to pick up June 3, 2024 Labour and the Tories need to lay out a road map for cost cutting and turbocharging investment, Britain’s biggest business body has said.
Meet the Fund Managers: Finding value in escapism June 3, 2024 In this weekly series, investment reporter Elliot Gulliver-Needham sits down with a fund manager for a Q&A. This week, we’re hearing from Andrew Lake, head of fixed income at Mirabaud Asset Management and manager of the Mirabaud Global Strategic Bond fund.
European Central Bank set to cut interest rates despite inflation worries June 2, 2024 The European Central Bank is all but certain to be the first major central bank to cut interest rates this week as it shrugs off a rise in inflation and takes a different path in monetary policy from the UK and US.
Don’t panic! FTSE 100’s poor run nothing to worry about June 1, 2024 "Markets tend to move in waves and currently we’re in a repositioning phase where investors are coming to terms with the prospect of interest rates staying higher for longer," Dan Coatsworth, investment analyst at AJ Bell, commented.
Football ticket scams could do Brits out of £780,000, says high street bank June 1, 2024 Ticket buyers are being warned to be extra vigilant this summer.
Why Labour MPs shouldn’t call themselves socialists May 31, 2024 Labour is not, and has never been, a socialist party. It is a social democratic party whose mission is to save capitalism from itself, not replace it with a new system, says John McTernan Is Keir Starmer a socialist? Is Rachel Reeves a social democrat? At the start of the general election campaign, Labour’s leader [...]
House prices “resilient” for now – but will the election throw them off course? May 31, 2024 UK house prices are standing up to the challenge of expected ‘higher for longer’ interest rates and political uncertainty, according to the latest data. Nationwide’s closely watched house price index showed a 0.4 per cent month on month jump in property prices in May, signalling a 1.3 per cent annual growth rate. Whilst still lagging [...]