Aviva (AV.) is set to buy Direct Line (DLG) for almost £4bn in cash and shares, having struck a preliminary deal earlier this ...

In 1990, economists won a Nobel Prize for identifying the risk of having an overly correlated portfolio. However, in 2024 the stock market put that risk aside as it became historically concentrated ...

Even with a "brutal" push to hit neutral cash, as one supplier described it, Vistry will also end the year with significantly higher net debt than forecast ...

Names like NatWest and Rolls Royce have generated huge gains this year Some funds now look heavily exposed to these winners Amid worries over the health of the London Stock Exchange, the FTSE 100 ...

Next Monday brings confirmation of third quarter GDP figures for the UK. Recent data has been underwhelming: preliminary data showed growth of just 0.1 per cent, dragged down by a contraction in ...

Activist investor Saba Capital has cast a pretty long shadow over the investment trust sector as of late. This week saw an attempt to oust the boards at seven investment trusts. Whatever the merits of ...

With 2024 coming to a close, the Investors' Chronicle team have cast their eyes to next year, exploring what 2025 may bring for investors across a host of different asset classes. Find our extensive ...

Ajay, a 71-year-old with 25 years of investment experience, finds himself in such a scenario. He is in a reasonably comfortable position: a combination of the state and defined-benefit workplace ...

Welcome to the week ahead, our summary of the forthcoming key company announcements. Companies are no longer obliged to notify the London Stock Exchange (LSE) of results and trading updates, so this ...

The sun is setting on yet another tough year for property. Always sensitive to interest rate expectations, the sector initially benefited from expectations of looser monetary policy. However, optimism ...

Frasers Group’s (FRAS) controlling shareholder Mike Ashley has lost his bid to be installed as the chief executive of Boohoo (BOO). Only 36 per cent of shareholders voted in favour of Frasers’ ...