The british blue chips set for a bounce

This year’s “unusually good run” for beleaguered British shares shows “there is life in the old dog yet”, says Katie Martin in the Financial Times. True, the FTSE 100’s 10% year-to-date gain isn’t sen

Companies in the news and how they were assessed

Unquoted assets have already performed strongly over the last decade

Why certain fund investors aren’t lured by the rally in UK and Chinese shares

The sale after 17 years of the last of the government’s stake in NatWest has led some to claim that this was good news for the banking sector. The stock overhang has been removed and the sale has got

Managers of open-ended funds must carefully consider the liquidity of their holdings, because they may need to sell assets to meet redemptions. Since small and mid-sized companies are less liquid than