Financial
All about Index Fund; nature, benefits, returns & Top five of UK’s Index Funds!
January 15, 2020 01:35 PM GMT| By Team Kalkine MediaA low expense ratio is the main unique selling proposition (USP) for index fund investing as an index fund tracks a benchmark like FTSE 100 or FTSE 250 Ideal for moderately risk-averse investors Guards investment portfolio against the individ.....
AstraZeneca Plc To Take a Big Financial Hit With The Failure Of Epanova Medicine Trail
January 15, 2020 11:47 AM GMT| By Team Kalkine MediaAstraZeneca Plc (LON: AZN) is up for big financial hit as the heart disease medicine Epanova failed in a test trail. The company’s core earnings in the fourth quarter of 2019 are going to be impacted with a write-down up to an expected $100 million,...
Dilemma Of Banking Sector Amid The Travelex Cyber-Attack Fiasco
January 11, 2020 08:30 AM GMT| By Team Kalkine MediaVarious top banks such as Barclays, Lloyds and Royal Bank of Scotland among many others are compelled to stop consumers orders of foreign currency due to cyber-attack at Travelex, a foreign exchange services company. The cyber-hackers have demanded a...
How Is The Lloyds Banking Group’s Lending Commitment Going To Impact The British Businesses in 2020?
January 08, 2020 04:04 PM GMT| By Team Kalkine MediaAnnouncement of a lending commitment for British Businesses in 2020 On 6th January 2020, in the very first week of the year, Lloyd Banking Group Plc announced their commitment of £18 billion worth of lending in the next year to spur the growth of Br...
UK's Investment Funds Riding High After The General Election
January 07, 2020 02:53 PM GMT| By Team Kalkine MediaInvestment Funds Investment funds are pooled investments that are managed by experts known as asset managers, actively or passively by making investments from the pool in various asset classes with different risks associated with them. These asset...
Overview Of three FTSE-100 stocks: Lloyds Banking Group PLC, Barclays PLC & Glencore PLC
December 24, 2019 02:13 PM GMT| By Team Kalkine MediaLloyds Banking Group PLC Lloyds Banking Group PLC (LON: LLOY) is a United Kingdom-based financial services company. It has several household names like Halifax, Lloyds Bank, Scottish Widows, and Bank of Scotland. The company provides a broad range o...
Stress Test Result of Top Banking Companies of UK: BARC, LLOY, RBS & HSBA
December 22, 2019 04:46 PM GMT| By Team Kalkine MediaBarclays Plc Barclays Plc (LON: BARC) is an international financial service sector holding company. The company provides loans, invests and safeguards money for customers and clients globally. The company’s purpose is to create an opportunity for th...
What’s Cooking Up At NextEnergy Solar Fund Limited?
December 16, 2019 09:00 PM GMT| By Team Kalkine MediaBusiness Overview Incorporated in Guernsey, closed-end investment company, NextEnergy Solar Fund Limited (LON: NESF) is limited by shares, which acquires solar energy-producing power plants on industrial, agricultural and commercial sites. The group...
UK's Biggest Commercial Property Fund Suspended
December 09, 2019 03:27 PM GMT| By Hina ChowdharyM&G PLC (LON: MNG) is a UK-based company which provides savings and investments. The company manages portfolios for both individuals and large institutional investors, such as pension funds, across the world. Prudential Plc and M&G Investment...
Should you invest directly in FTSE 100 stocks or through an FTSE index fund?
December 01, 2019 11:20 AM GMT| By Team Kalkine MediaThere are several FTSE 100 index-linked funds in the United Kingdom that have billions of pounds under management. Many of them are passive funds and are very popular among the investing public. This raises the question that if it is only about one h...
A Sneak-Peek Into The Financial Results Of Three FTSE Shares – On the Beach Group Plc, Brewin Dolphin Holdings Plc and Britvic Plc
November 27, 2019 04:00 PM GMT| By Team Kalkine MediaOn the Beach Group Plc On the Beach Group Plc (LON: OTB) is a Stockport, the United Kingdom based Travel and Leisure company that provides all travel-related solutions and retails holidays digitally, through its online platform as well as applicatio...
Where Do Radical Political Manifestos Are Driving The Brexit And Financial Markets?
November 27, 2019 11:32 AM GMT| By Team Kalkine MediaWith 14 days left for the crucial general election, the political uncertainties in the UK are escalating again post-political parties came up with their respective election manifestos with several radical pledges. As Conservatives pledged to "get Br...
A Glimpse of Some Financial And Investment Related Stocks: AUGM, CLDN, EUT and PAG
November 26, 2019 02:37 PM GMT| By Kunal SawhneyAugmentum Fintech Plc Closed-ended investment company, Augmentum Fintech Plc (LON: AUGM) is a closed-ended investment company, which looks forward to invest in fintech businesses in early stages and later-stages. These investment opportunities ident...
Top 5 ideas for picking stocks on The Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 Index
November 23, 2019 11:00 AM GMT| By Team Kalkine MediaFTSE 100 is the most prominent and the most recognized index of the London Stock Exchange maintained by the FTSE Russell company. The Index which is representative of the top one hundred of the largest companies of the exchange not only in terms of r...
Retiring Early through Financial Independence
November 22, 2019 01:26 PM GMT| By Hina ChowdharyWouldn’t it be great, if one did not have to go to work or have to earn for a living but have enough resources to last a lifetime with the independence to live a lifestyle of choice. Well we all know that movie stars, erstwhile kings and emperors and...
Liontrust Asset Management Plc Moving Towards The Next Stage Of Progress
November 22, 2019 12:18 PM GMT| By Kunal SawhneyBusiness Overview Liontrust Asset Management PLC (LIO) is the United Kingdom-based holding company and is involved in the specialist fund management business, which takes pride in having a unique approach and culture to managing money. The company w...
What Are Hedge Funds And Why Are They Relevant?
November 20, 2019 03:45 PM GMT| By Team Kalkine MediaThe most appropriate of definitions of a Hedge Fund is a fund that has been created by a consortium of private individuals, having minimum regulatory oversight and flexibility to invest in any kind of asset class. Most of the other types of funds hav...
Woodford Investment Management’s flagship fund has finally shut down
November 17, 2019 11:00 AM GMT| By Team Kalkine MediaOn 14th October 2019, came the last for LF Woodford Equity Income Fund, the flagship fund of the christened Woodford Investment Management LLP, promoted by Neil Woodford, the hallowed and much celebrated fund manager of Great Britain who at one point...
Latest News And Insights On SoftBank Group Corp
November 05, 2019 04:15 PM GMT| By Team Kalkine MediaSoftBank Group Corp. SoftBank Group Corp. (TYO: 9984) is a Minato-Ku, Japan based company that is engaged in a diverse range of businesses across the world through its various subsidiaries and other companies in which it has made investments. The co...
Recent Updates On Two Stocks: Lloyds Banking Group Plc and J Sainsbury PLC
October 31, 2019 01:54 PM GMT| By Team Kalkine MediaLloyds Banking Group Plc United Kingdom based, Lloyds Banking Group Plc (Identifier: LLOY) is engaged in the business of providing financial and banking services with an array of specialised services such as Investment Banking, Merchant Banking and...