FTAdviser latest:Value of bank directors' shares drops £49m

Story by: Gemma Westacott, FTAdviser

Executive directors of UK banks have seen £49m knocked off the value of their own shares in the banks they work for so far this year.

  • Time published: 16:06
  • Date published: 10.10.2008
  • Published in: Investments

FTSE 100 plummets after global sell off

The FTSE 100 index had plummeted in early morning trading following dramatic sell offs around the world, including more losses on Wall Street and a record one-day slump in Tokyo.

  • Date published: 10.10.2008

FTSE 100 rebounds in early morning trading

The FTSE 100 Index has rallied in early morning trading today (Thursday 9 October), surging almost 3 per cent to recover some of the previous session's hefty losses.

  • Date published: 09.10.2008

Standard Life's FundZone passes the 1000th fund mark

FundZone, Standard Life’s mutual fund supermarket, now has access to more than 1000 distinct funds, giving advisers a wider choice of top-rated funds in all the main asset classes.

  • Date published: 09.10.2008

Fidelity European Opportunities man turns green

Manager of the European Opportunities fund gets behind green energy and emerging market advertising stocks

  • Date published: 09.10.2008

FSTE 100 claws back some losses, but still hits new four-year low

The FTSE 100 Index made some recoveries by the close of trading today (8 October), after the Bank of England made an emergency cut in interest rates.

  • Date published: 08.10.2008

FTSE 100 reacts badly to part-nationalisation plans

The FTSE 100 index reacted badly this morning (8 October) to the announcement that the government is to part-nationalise some UK banks and building societies.

  • Date published: 08.10.2008

FTSE 100 ends day flat as banks plummet

The FTSE 100 Index ended the day relatively flat after banks, including Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and HBoS, registered significant falls.

  • Date published: 07.10.2008

FTSE 100 rebounds after yesterday's panic

The FTSE 100 Index opened higher this morning after yesterday's stock market panic wiped 7.8 per cent, equivalent to £93bn, off the values of the UK's leading shares.

  • Date published: 07.10.2008

FTSE falls 7.8 per cent to four-year low

The FTSE 100 index slumped 7.8 per cent today to reach 4,589.19 at the close of trading, without a single blue chip stock ending in positive territory.

  • Date published: 06.10.2008

Features

'We did not want to launch a fund that when up and down, down and up'

Richard Buxton, head of UK equities for Schroders, speaks to Girlie Garduce about why he will maintain a cautious investment approach and the impact that the credit crunch is having

  • Time published: 00:01
  • Date published: 09.10.2008

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Will there be a retail run on banks?

Auguries of real disaster might not be indicated by the FTSE index but by the Libor rates

  • Time published: 00:01
  • Date published: 06.10.2008

Features

Scudding MacLeod

Skandia Investment Group chief executive Jamie MacLeod talks to Hugo Greenhalgh about recent performance, staff moves and inventing multi-manager

  • Time published: 00:01
  • Date published: 06.10.2008

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