A few weeks ago, we experimented with a new kind of stock screen. Focused on the relative price premium of five core exchange traded funds (ETFs), it showed (somewhat crudely) how an investor might ...

Increased M&A activity has also helped to narrow the average investment trust discount. In June, for example, Downing Renewables & Infrastructure Trust (DORE) accepted a £175mn bid from Downing Estate ...

Val, Investors’ Chronicle’s personal finance editor, explains to Madi, digital production journalist, how much more a single ...

In fact, six of the 25 companies backed by the fund are profitable and cumulatively more than doubled their total profit to ...

Another thing to consider if you have a long life expectancy is pushing back your retirement start date. Academics Rainer ...

Supreme (SUP:193p), a manufacturer that counts major supermarkets, B&M, Home Bargains and Poundland as customers, reported a record performance buoyed by the acquisitions of Clearly Drinks (June 2024) ...

The proceeds will wipe out net debt of £20.1mn and enable Venture Life to direct cash flow into the commercialisation, growth ...

Dreman’s investing strategy reflected the period in which he managed money. His resolute focus on value — with certain checks ...

Bath-based Time Finance (TIME:64.5p), a provider of invoice finance, asset finance and loan finance to more than 10,000 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), has posted an earnings beat and ...

AEW UK Reit (AEWU:107.5p) continues to outperform its rivals, delivering a 14.8 per cent property total return, or double the return of the MSCI benchmark, in the 12 months to 31 March 2025.

The holding in Parmenion reported a 7 per cent higher adjusted cash profit of £1.3mn, so the consolidated group’s cash loss was only £0.2mn. Although River Global saw general outflows of £322mn in ...

This week, Phil Oakley has examined two shares, Lloyds Banking Group (LLOY) and Greggs (GRG), which for different reasons might warrant inclusion in a UK equity income portfolio. JN ...