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UK House Price Marks The Slowest Pace Of Growth Since February
July 04, 2019 11:39 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaReal Estate is one of the significant components of any economy, it's something which not only involves buying and selling of property, but it also includes a diverse field of activities, viz; planning, financing, construction, facility management, g...
FTSE 100 - Getting a Boost From OPEC Meeting
July 03, 2019 01:52 AM AEST| By Kunal SawhneyThe Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), which keeps the oil market on toes before its every crucial meeting, has sent ripples across the stock markets too this time, after Russia agreed with Saudi Arabia to extend by six to nine mon...
Is Libra As Noble As It Is Made Out To Be
July 02, 2019 08:20 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaFacebook, the social networking giant and cause of ire of many regulators and users, recently revealed plans for a new global digital currency, or cryptocurrency, called Libra, which is built on a secure, scalable, and reliable blockchain. The curren...
Boris Johnson Announced To Execute Brexit In His First 100-days If He comes To Power
July 02, 2019 02:14 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaBoris Johnson, a widely famous contender for the UK's next prime minister position. Recently, he commented that, if he comes to power as prime minister, he will deliver Brexit in his first 100-days. Also, he is planning to form a "War Committee" to g...
Latest Macro Developments Affecting The Market
June 29, 2019 08:10 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaConsumer Confidence Slips Backs to the New Normal GfK’s (Growth from Knowledge) headline confidence measure dropped to -13 in June as opposed to the score of -9 last year, indicating British households grew more pessimistic this month. The survey re...
Macro Developments Impacting FTSE 100
June 28, 2019 01:25 AM AEST| By Kunal SawhneyInvestors Anxiously Wait for Trump-Xi Meeting Leaders of the 20 biggest economies in the world will meet between June 28-29 for the latest G20 summit in Osaka, Japan to discuss a wide range of topics, with much of the talk leading up to the summit w...
Price and Dividend Analysis Of FTSE 100 Companies
June 27, 2019 11:13 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaFTSE 100 Index The FTSE 100 is a broader benchmark index of the London Stock Exchange. The index is the portfolio of most highly capitalised 100 blue chip companies listed on the London Stock Exchange. The index itself represents an 80% market-cap...
FCA Blames EU Regulations For Woodford’s Suspension
June 26, 2019 11:00 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaOn 3 June 2019, Neil Woodford, one of the most high-profile stock pickers in the UK, was forced to suspend the trading of his flagship fund as rising numbers of investors asked for their money back that had jeopardised the ability of the manager to r...
Thinktank Shows Johnson’s Tax Cut Plan Would Benefit the Rich
June 26, 2019 08:20 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaBoris Johnson, the 55-year-old Conservative member of Parliament, is one of two finalists, along with foreign minister Jeremy Hunt, vying for the prime ministership to replace outgoing Prime Minister Theresa May. The former foreign minister and forme...
Latest Data Reports Higher-Than-Expected Borrowings
June 25, 2019 08:02 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaIn the second month of the financial year 2019/20, the government saw a shortfall of GBP 5.1 billion compared to a deficit of GBP 4.1 billion a year earlier, representing a 23 per cent rise from May 2018 and above all forecasts in a Reuters poll of e...
Bank Of England Prepares For Payment Revolution
June 24, 2019 08:43 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaTo help modernise and steer the central bank toward a new digital economy, the Bank of England Governor Mark Carney unveiled new initiatives on Thursday. At his annual Mansion House speech, Carney announced its intention to open its vaults to technol...
SenseTime, A China Based AI Start-Up Plans For An IPO
June 22, 2019 02:24 AM AEST| By Kunal SawhneySenseTime Group is amongst the world’s leading artificial intelligence (AI) focused companies. The company primarily is focusing on deep machine learning and computer vision and is authorized by China’s Ministry of Science and Technology. SenseTime h...
Weak Retail Sale Fuels Fear Of Economic Slowdown
June 21, 2019 11:42 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaAfter an unseasonably cold May prompted a sharp decline in summer clothing sales, UK retail sales fell in May for a second month running, after a strong start to the year. According to data released by the Office for National Statistics on Thursday,...
Facebook's Move On Crypto - Can This Harm The UK Financial sector?
June 21, 2019 11:29 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaCryptocurrency is a peer to peer electronic transfer of value directly from one individual to another without involving the banking system. As the banking system is not involved, the cryptocurrency can be used across the globe. More than 100 years a...
Bank of England Keeps Interest Rate Unchanged
June 21, 2019 02:55 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaThe Bank of England has voted unanimously to keep their monetary policy unchanged with the base rate remaining at 0.75% following their latest meeting and cut its growth forecast for the economy to zero in the second quarter of 2019, highlighting glo...
Overview Of The Aviation Industry In The UK
June 20, 2019 08:40 AM AEST| By Kunal SawhneyIndustry Overview The airline industry is one of the most significant contributors to the GDP of the country. Aviation industry not only promotes tourism, but they are also influencing global trade and economic growth. Over the last few decades, the...
London Stock Exchange Launches London-Shanghai Stock Connect Scheme
June 19, 2019 08:40 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaThe financial regulatory body in the United Kingdom, Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), and the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CRSC) in a joint statement on Monday approved the launch of the London-Shanghai Stock Connect scheme, which went l...
Rory Stewart Takes a Hard Stance Against Fracking
June 19, 2019 02:23 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaTory leadership contender and Prime Ministerial hopeful, Rory Stewart, distanced himself from mainstream Conservative positions on energy and said the country should not expand fracking because it needs to set an example to the world on cutting emiss...
Boris Johnson Seeks To Secure Tweaks to Brexit Agreement
June 18, 2019 08:10 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaThe European Union has consistently held its position that the deal agreed between the bloc and acting Prime Minister Theresa May is not renegotiable, meaning the Irish backstop cannot be removed or changed. Moreover, to avoid a hard border between N...
Stocks Going Ex-Dividend Today – NMC, PSN, WPP and SVT
June 14, 2019 01:29 AM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaNMC Health Plc NMC Health PLC (NMC) is an Abu Dhabi based diversified health care group with operations across several countries. The group owns and manages over 200 healthcare facilities and is the largest private healthcare company in the United A...
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