Diversified Energy shares slump after firm cuts dividend by two-thirds March 19, 2024 While the company reported growth for both its top and bottom lines, investors have been spooked by management's comments on the group's capital allocation policy.
Centrica’s share price suffers as analysts tell investors to take profits October 1, 2023 Centrica begins trading this week having suffered a sharp fall in its share price, with analysts calling on investors to cash in profits.
London Stock Exchange could be stripped of smaller firms by 2028, warns Peel Hunt April 3, 2024 The London Stock Exchange could be stripped of smaller companies by 2028 if the pace of a current “feeding frenzy” continues, according to a top investment bank.
Hourglass in City highlights ‘painfully’ slow progress closing gender investment gap May 14, 2024 Female Invest has launched a new campaign to start the conversation about equality in the square mile.
Executive pay rises should not outstrip staff salary bumps, Aviva warns February 5, 2023 Aviva Investors has warned company directors that it would be “inappropriate” to award themselves bumper pay rises and urged them to recognise that record high inflation puts far greater pressure on the budgets of their frontline staff. In a letter to the 1,600 firms in which it has stakes, including many in London, the fund [...]
What’s behind London FTSE 100’s record run? May 10, 2024 So far this year the FTSE 100 has climbed just under eight per cent, which puts it roughly in line with peers in Frankfurt and Paris.
Peel Hunt chief: If you give a sh*t about the City, you should be very alarmed June 18, 2024 The boss of Peel Hunt has said the City “should be very alarmed” about its future as he defended a string of warnings from the investment bank over the state of the UK’s capital markets.
City row erupts against proxy advisers over executive pay June 10, 2024 Proxy voting advisers, which recommend how shareholders vote at company meetings, have often blocked votes to hike executive pay
FTSE close: Blue chip index sets a new record high as recession and inflation fears ease February 3, 2023 London’s FTSE 100 Index ended the week on a high having reached its highest ever score, beating the previous record of 7,903.5 set in May 2018. On Friday, the index had briefly pushed as high as 7,906.58 as global inflation and interest rate fears continued to ease. The index of the UK’s largest publicly-listed firms [...]
FTSE 100 CEO churn reaches five year high, but women continue to miss out on top roles July 24, 2023 Women are much less likely than men to secure the top job at Britain’s largest companies despite FTSE 100 firms shaking up their boardrooms at the fastest pace in five years, a new study out today shows. Just 27 per cent of chief executive appointments on London’s premier stock index in the first six months [...]