Weak banks help drive FTSE to three-month closing low June 15, 2011 BRITAIN’S top shares ended lower yesterday, weighed down by banks on worries over the UK government’s drive for tougher regulation and Europe’s debt crisis, while commodity stocks also pressured the index. The FTSE 100 closed down 60.58 points, or 1.0 per cent, at 5,742.55, its lowest finish since March 18. Banks fell ahead of chancellor [...]
THE TIPSTER July 12, 2011 STERLING isn’t faring well against the dollar and its case hasn’t been helped by the fact that UK house prices didn’t really improve in June. The pound is trending lower, and has broken through its previous support level of $1.5850, which is a negative signal. Capital Spreads quotes sterling-dollar at $1.5834-$1.5836. Risk aversion has been [...]
THE TIPSTER July 12, 2011 STERLING isn’t faring well against the dollar and its case hasn’t been helped by the fact that UK house prices didn’t really improve in June. The pound is trending lower, and has broken through its previous support level of $1.5850, which is a negative signal. Capital Spreads quotes sterling-dollar at $1.5834-$1.5836. Risk aversion has been [...]
South American partnerships boost the City June 12, 2011 WITH just over one year to go until the Olympic Games, excitement is building across the capital as we prepare to welcome the world on our doorstep in a unique sporting, cultural and business extravaganza. And while I am utterly convinced London 2012 will be a resounding success, one country has just as much – [...]
City ready for role in elderly care funding July 4, 2011 CITY experts welcomed sweeping proposed changes to how care for the elderly is funded yesterday, as they would allow financial services firms to help people meet their costs. Economist Andrew Dilnot (pictured) called for the current system, which forces people with more than £23,250 in assets to fund their care in full, to be scrapped [...]
CRUNCH TIME FOR THE HIGH STREET June 26, 2011 FASHION retailer Jane Norman was on the brink of collapse this weekend, after all of its stores across the UK were closed for business, signalling imminent insolvency. Zolfo Cooper, the US accounting firm, has been lined up to put the distressed fashion retailer into a pre-pack administration, which could be approved in court as soon [...]
A SECURITISATION COMEBACK GATHERS PACE IN EUROPE June 6, 2011 DURING the global financial crisis, Europe’s securitisation market effectively shut down. But since January there has been a flurry of new issuance, across an ever-widening array of asset classes, some of which had been dormant for years. While the early stages of recovery in 2010 were marked by a narrow focus on transactions backed by [...]
House prices to fall for five years, warns thinktank May 4, 2011 REAL house prices could drop by a fifth over the next five years, a leading economic forecaster warned today. Despite prices falling since the credit crunch, houses remain overvalued by around ten per cent, the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) claimed. Additional regulations on banks could knock a further ten per cent [...]
House prices to fall for five years, warns thinktank May 4, 2011 REAL house prices could drop by a fifth over the next five years, a leading economic forecaster warned today. Despite prices falling since the credit crunch, houses remain overvalued by around ten per cent, the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) claimed. Additional regulations on banks could knock a further ten per cent [...]
Bank reveals weak lending on mortgages May 4, 2011 SLUGGISH mortgage lending and stuttering house prices continue to haunt the UK’s housing market, a series of data releases showed yesterday. Mortgage lending grew by just £400m in March, the Bank of England revealed – below increases of £1bn and £1.7bn in the two previous months, and an average jump of £800m over the last [...]