The region has seen phenomenal growth due to memory chip manufacturing, but it is also a rich source of dividends ...

I thought I would spend more time managing our investment portfolio when I retired, but I realise now that this is not going ...

Shareholders in Crest Nicholson (CRST) breathed a sigh of relief after the housebuilder avoided an emergency share issue alongside its results for the six months to April. The small-cap housebuilder, ...

Without wishing to sound mercenary, investors should also be thinking about protecting their portfolios against this sort of risk, but there are pitfalls in being too reductive. Intuitively, soft ...

Engineering giant ABB has made a successful bid for competitor Rotork (ROR), in a £4.1bn deal that will take the FTSE 250 group off the London Exchange. Rotork’s board has accepted a 506p per share ...

According to OBR figures, the UK government spent £110bn on debt interest last year – more than it did on education. Though ...

While Citigroup (US:C) followed its Wall Street rivals in reporting record dealmaking fees for the six months to 30 June, the US bank remains some way behind its peers across other key performance ...

UK gilt yields moved lower, and the pound moved up on reports that incoming prime minister Andy Burnham will not appoint Ed Miliband as chancellor. Sterling is at a two-month high versus the dollar ...

The UK’s largest outsourcing groups have historically shrugged off high-profile public sector failures as fresh government contracts kept flowing. Capita’s (CPI) mishandling of the Civil Service ...

It has achieved the latter, but while it has caused disruption, most economies have avoided worst-case scenarios. Now, with ...

Bond yields spiked on worries about the Strait of Hormuz, but the US inflation report came in softer than expected, and ...

When companies tighten their belts, marketing software is often the first thing to get pushed down the priority list. Softer demand, coupled with internal sales slip-ups, meant the project delays that ...