(Correcting direction of FTSE 250 index.) LONDON (Alliance News) - Housebuilders lead a surprisingly upbeat UK equities market Monday, occupying six of the top ten spaces in the FTSE 350, buoyed by an extension to the UK government's Help to Buy scheme.<br /><br />Chancellor George Osbor Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Housebuilders lead a surprisingly upbeat UK equities market Monday, occupying six of the top ten spaces in the FTSE 350, buoyed by an extension to the UK government's Help to Buy scheme.<br /><br />Chancellor George Osborne confirmed that the government's flagship Help Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Jupiter Fund Management PLC Monday said Maarten Slendebroek has been appointed Chief Executive of the company. As announced on December 9, 2013, and coming into effect Monday, Slendebroek takes on the position from outgoing Chief Executive, Edward Bonham Carter,who Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Jupiter Fund Management PLC Wednesday said that non-executive director Michael Wilson no longer has any interest in the company's shares. In a statement, Jupiter Fund Management said Wilson had a pecuniary interest in TA Investors. II. L.P., one of the funds advised Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Jupiter Fund Management PLC Wednesday said Chief Executive Officer Maarten Slendebroek exercised options over 320,649 shares and sold the shares at a price of 409.8944 pence per share. Following this transaction, Slendebroek holds 169,135 shares. Shares in the Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - <strong>Standard Chartered</strong> Wednesday reported its first annual decline in pretax profit after a decade of growth, as it was hit by emerging market fears and a writedown in its Korean business.<br /><br />The FTSE 100-listed bank warned that it is facing more c Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Private equity firm TA Associates has sold its remaining 10.6% stake in Jupiter Fund Management PLC, according to a Wednesday announcement to the market. Jupiter shares were Wednesday quoted down 4.2% at 410.80 pence. TA Associates raised GBP197.2 million gros Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Jupiter Fund Management PLC said Monday that Chief Investment Officer John Chatfield Roberts bought 60 shares through a share-incentive plan at 419.90 pence each. Following the transaction Chatfield-Roberts holds a 1.1% interest in the investment management company. Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Stock indices across the UK and Europe are heavily down Monday as global investor confidence has been undermined by the unfolding developments in the Ukraine. Despite broadly positive European PMI data, morning trading has been dominated by safe-haven flows, sending Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Jupiter Fund Management PLC Friday said Non-Executive Vice Chairman Edward Bonham Carter sold one million shares at a price of GBP436.3818 per share, in a transaction worth GBP4.4 million gross. Following this transaction, Bonham Carter holds 12 million shares, whic Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following UK shares received analyst recommendations Friday morning:<br />----------<br /><strong>FTSE 100</strong><br />----------<br />JEFFERIES RAISES MAN GROUP TO 'HOLD' ('UNDERPERFORM') <br />----------<br />BARCLAYS RAISES MAN GROUP PRICE TARGET TO 108 (94) P Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - A large number of companies resumed or hiked shareholder payouts on the biggest day of the UK earnings season Thursday, as earnings generally headed higher thanks to the gradual economic recovery in 2013.<br /><br />Housebuilders Barratt Developments and Redrow both re Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - The following stocks are the leading risers and fallers within the main London indices midday Thursday.<br /><br />-------<br /><br /><strong>FTSE 100 - WINNERS</strong><br /><br /><strong>Capita</strong>, up 5%. The British outsourcing company said its 2013 pretax pro Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Jupiter Fund Management PLC Thursday reported a 55% increase in 2013 pretax profit and raised its dividend, after stronger net inflows boosted revenues to make sure outgoing Chief Executive Edward Bonham Carter departs the fund manager on a high after 14 years in charge.< Read More
LONDON (Alliance News) - Shares have opened slightly lower Thursday amid a flurry of corporate results. <br /><br /><strong>RBS</strong>, <strong>RSA Insurance</strong> and <strong>WPP</strong> are competing to be the biggest FTSE 100 losers following earnings announcements and, in the case of Read More