Ashmore sees positive performance across the board
11th Oct 2012 07:18
Assets under management at fund manager Ashmore picked up sharply in the July - September quarter, largely on the back of a positive investment performance. The quarter saw assets under management increase 6.8% to $68.0bn, driven by positive investment performance of $3.7bn and net inflows of $0.6b
Read moreWednesday broker round-up
12th Sep 2012 08:54
African Minerals: Jefferies keeps buy rating and 550p target. Ashmore: UBS raises target from 370p to 390p, buy rating kept. ASOS: Panmure Gordon lifts tagged from 2,179p to 2,378p, buy rating kept. Barratt Developments: Panmure Gordon keeps buy rating and 190p target; Jefferies keeps buy rating
Read moreLondon close: Footsie shrugs off Burberry fall to finish flat
11th Sep 2012 16:34
- Burberry sinks 21 per cent after profit warning - Markets flat ahead of 'event-risks' - Moody's says US rating at risk Following a morning slump, the FTSE 100 rallied in afternoon trade to finish broadly flat on Tuesday as a strong showing by banks managed to offset a heavy fall from Burberry. T
Read moreLondon midday: New MPC appointee open to more QE?
11th Sep 2012 11:59
- Markets await German ruling on ESM, FOMC meeting - Burberry sinks after full-year guidance - Miners provide a drag London's FTSE 100 index was at its lowest levels of the day by Tuesday lunchtime as Burberry and the miners suffered from a steep sell-off; meanwhile, investors continued to show
Read moreLondon open: Footsie lower as Burberry plummets
11th Sep 2012 08:42
- Markets await German ruling on ESM, FOMC meeting - Burberry sinks after full-year guidance - Miners provide a drag The FTSE 100 opened slightly lower on Tuesday morning as markets gear up for some big 'risk events' later this week; falls in the heavyweight mining sector and a sharp drop from Burb
Read moreAshmore's AUM dips despite positive net flows
11th Sep 2012 07:54
Assets under management (AUM) at Ashmore Group fell back in the year to end-June, despite the fund manager enjoying a net inflow of funds in both halves of the year. AUM at the end of June stood at $63.7bn, down $2.1bn from a year earlier, as overall negative investment performance of $3.4bn exceed
Read moreLondon pre-open: Germany´s CC will not delay ESM decision
11th Sep 2012 07:26
City sources predict the FTSE 100 will open down 24 points from yesterday's close of 5,793. Dragging on markets, surely, is the uncertainty in Germany, where just last night the entire future of the Eurozone's bailout mechanism was thought to hang in the balance. The nation's Constitutional Court
Read moreAshmore hails 'satisfactory' performance
11th Sep 2012 07:05
Full year profit before tax at fund manager Ashmore took a small dip from the year before but came in ahead of market expectations. Profit before tax of £243.2m for the year to the end of June was down 1% from the previous year's £245.9m, but ahead of the £229.40m the market had been expecting. To
Read moreTuesday preview: House prices, Betfair, Ashmore, Supergroup
10th Sep 2012 16:04
The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) house prices balance for August is due to be released at midnight on Monday, and the expectation is that it will have improved slightly to -23. What that means is that for every 100 RICS members polled, the number experiencing house price falls ex
Read moreLondon close: Stocks erase losses on ECB, Fed speculation
24th Aug 2012 16:43
- ECB considering target bands for yields - Merkel wants Greece to stay in Eurozone - UK Q2 GDP revised up. The Footsie rallied in late trading to finish flat on Friday after rumours of a European plan for bonds yields. According to Reuters, the European Central Bank (ECB) is looking at setting yi
Read moreFTSE 100 Movers: Miners drag footsie lower
24th Aug 2012 15:38
Mining stocks were heavy fallers with Kazakhmys, Rio Tinto, ENRC, Antofagasta, Anglo American, Vedanta, BHP Billiton and Randgold falling sharply, tracking various metal prices lower. ??Anglo American dropped after Jefferies downgraded the stock this morning from 'buy' to 'hold' despite yesterday'
Read moreLondon midday: Stocks down despite revision to UK GDP
24th Aug 2012 11:46
- UK Q2 GDP revised upwards - Greece in focus as Samaras meets Merkel - US QE hopes fading fast UK stocks were volatile in morning trade on Friday but remained firmly in negative territory in spite of some upwards revision to second-quarter gross domestic product (GDP) data in the UK. The state of
Read moreFriday broker round-up
24th Aug 2012 09:34
African Minerals: Jefferies cuts target from 800p to 550p, buy rating kept. Anglo American: Jefferies downgrades from buy to hold, 2,200p target kept. Ashmore: Citigroup downgrades to sell, target cut from 305p to 300p. Berendsen: Investec maintains buy rating and 570p target; Seymour Pierce down
Read moreWednesday tips round-up: Croda, Associated British Foods, Ashmore
25th Jul 2012 07:21
In the Telegraph, Croda, the speciality chemicals firm is given high praise for its technology driven sales offering, which includes ingredients for use in lipstick and other cosmetics. The firm's shares trade on nearly 18 times earnings, which is high, and 'given the backdrop', the recommendation i
Read moreLondon close: Stocks rise on hopes for the US economy
18th Jul 2012 16:55
After a tentative start, stocks rallied on Wednesday afternoon on the back of some upbeat comments from Ben Bernanke, the Chairman of the US Federal Reserve. Meanwhile, markets gave a rather muted reaction to the minutes of the latest policy-making meeting in the UK. Bernanke, speaking on the secon
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