ABP, a Dutch pension fund, has sold its €18m (£14.9m) stake in troubled Japanese utility company Tepco, which was responsible for a series of incidents following...
The National Audit Office (NAO) has described the first sale of government shares in the Lloyds Banking Group as being “managed effectively” and providing “value for...
Lloyds Bank, which remains partly owned by the government, has sold its remaining stake in wealth management firm St James’s Place, raising £680 million. The bank...
As eastern China suffered record high levels of air pollution, Chinese fossil fuel shares slid whilst environmental protection stocks received a boost. Authorities in Shanghai ordered...
Britain’s largest bank is reportedly sounding out investors to assess whether to list its UK retail and banking operation. Board members at HSBC are apparently considering...
The Co-operative Bank’s bondholders are set to vote on Friday for or against its rescue plan, which aims to plug the lender’s £1.5 billion black hole....
Calculating the earnings per share (EPS) gives a measurement of the amount of a company’s profit that can be allocated to one share of its stock....
Barclays has admitted to launching a probe into its foreign exchange trading operations. The bank, which was also implicated in the Libor scandal, faces further damage...
Pharmaceuticals giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) saw its drugs sales in China fall 61% between July and September. The decline follows a bribery investigation that began in July....
The world’s largest sovereign wealth fund, the Government Pension Fund of Norway (GPF), could begin investing in renewable energy. The country’s newly-formed minority conservative government, which...
Reports have suggested that the government will set an upper level for Royal Mail shares, meaning the more substantial investors could potentially be left empty-handed. It’s...
Investors have been rushing to buy shares in Royal Mail following claims the company has been undervalued, which could mean investors enjoy instant profits. The deadline...
The number of companies in the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI) has fallen when compared to the previous year. DJSI World 2013/14 will have 333 components,...
Online investing platform Kapitall has identified three environmentally-friendly stocks that are outperforming the current market. Methode Electronics Inc, Cognex Corporation, and Modine Manufacturing Company were all...
The government has given formal notice to the stock exchange that it plans to privatise the Royal Mail within weeks. The Business Secretary Vince Cable has...