Pound endures week of misery amid gilt sell-off January 10, 2025 The pound came in as the worst-performing G10 currency for a second day running yesterday, as the gilt market continues to trade at decade-long highs. After spiking as high as $1.255 on Tuesday, the pound has since fallen to $1.229, its lowest point since October 2023. “What makes the current situation particularly noteworthy is that [...]
Investors pile into UK equities after pre-Budget selling December 4, 2024 UK equity funds ended a 41-month streak of outflows last month as investors piled back into the market following Rachel Reeves’s tax-raiding Budget. After suffering their worst month on record before in the run up to the October fiscal plans, fund flows reversed sharply as investors poured money back into the market, with buying for [...]
UK investors exit domestic funds in droves after global market rout September 4, 2024 The hope of a rally in UK investment was thwarted last month as the number of UK investors selling out of domestic equity funds doubled due to the downturn in global markets. UK investors pulled £510m from British-focused equity funds in August, more than double the figure in July when outflows reached their lowest level [...]
UK funds dominate in May as emerging markets falter June 3, 2024 UK funds soared to the list of the top performing funds in May, in a sign that the British stock market might be ready to bounce back.
Why one stockpicker thinks the FTSE 100 is ‘pregnant with value and opportunity’ May 21, 2024 The FTSE 100 and UK markets are "pregnant with value and opportunity", a leading City stockpicker has said
HSBC: Yet another investment bank says ‘buy Britain’ May 21, 2024 It could be time to buy UK stocks says HSBC