In Merck’s case, worries over rising competition from so-called ‘biosimilar’ generic products, which approximate the biological chemical structure of branded medicines, is behind much of the ...

The macroeconomic environment looks to have turned against top dividend payers BP and Shell, raising questions about their new strategies ...

The depressed share price means that the trust currently offers a yield of about 14 per cent. In many cases, investors in the renewable energy infrastructure sector are being paid to wait for either a ...

The tone of this week’s spending review was set days before the event itself when one of Labour’s bolder attempts to demonstrate its commitment to fiscal responsibility – axing the winter fuel payment ...

The company trades on a 34 per cent discount to NAV (ex-cash) even though the portfolio continues to overdeliver ...

Shifting dynamics, where investor demand skews towards shorter maturity debt and interest costs are higher for long-term borrowing, compound the problem. It means a tremendous onus on economic growth ...

Investing is male-dominated but the data shows that women are better at it. We look at what’s holding women back and how they can get started ...

Markets dislike this, as it reduces the potential attractiveness of foreign investment in the US. China has already voted with its feet, leaving the UK as the second-largest investor in US Treasuries ...

These are the Core UK Gilts ETF (IGLT), the Physical Gold ETC (SGLN) and three international equity index trackers: the S&P 500 ETF (CSP1), the MSCI Emerging Markets Index Fund (EMIM) and the MSCI ...

The index is now up 8.6 per cent year-to-date, which is a sign that a) it’s offering some relative shelter with defensive names, b) it’s benefiting from flow dynamics and c) is seen as potential ...

Schroder Reit generated £8mn of annualised rent from 76 new lettings, rent reviews and renewals across 0.9mn square feet of space with notable increases reported above previous levels on both rent ...

The gender pay gap increases with age, almost doubling between full-time employees in their 30s (4.4 per cent) and full-time employees in their 40s (9.1 per cent) – just around the age when many women ...