Dull? the diversified financials sector is anything but

The insurance market splits into commoditised and specialist products. Commoditised products, such as car or home insurance, are standardised, widely available and easy to price. Competition is intens

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The real-estate investment trust (Reit) segment of the UK equity market has been on life support for much of the past five years and it’s easy to understand why investors have decided to give the sect

The names which take the Shares team’s fancy

“America has progressed from infancy to senility without passing through a period of maturity.” So said a character in one of Ian Fleming’s short stories in 1960. He was wrong then – or, was he, as so

Despite a ‘resilient’ backdrop, banks continue to salt away provisions