(Alliance News) - JPMorgan UK Small Cap Growth & Income PLC on Friday said UK smaller companies remain attractively valued as net asset value rose, but return was beaten by the benchmark. Read More
(Alliance News) - Ireland's goods exports fell sharply in August, driven by lower shipments to the US and other international markets, while imports declined at a slower pace, figures from the Central Statistics Office showed on Friday. Read More
Jarvis Securities PLC - Tunbridge Wells, Kent-based investment manager now an AIM cash shell - Jarvis is reclassified as a cash shell from an operating company and will be removed from the FTSE AIM all-share index on Tuesday next week. This follows the sale last year of the retail execution-only brokerage business of a subsidiary of Jarvis Investment Management Ltd to Interactive Investor Services Ltd, part of Aberdeen Group PLC. On Thursday, Jarvis placed the remainder of JIML into special administration with S&W Partners LLP. Read More
(Alliance News) - The following are the leading risers and fallers among London Main Market small-cap and AIM stocks on Friday. Read More
(Alliance News) - The following are the leading risers and fallers among FTSE 100 and 250 index constituents on Friday. Read More
(Alliance News) - IP Group PLC on Friday said its portfolio company Microbiotica Ltd raised funds as it aims to advance its drug candidate into phase 2 clinical development. Read More
(Alliance News) - Man Group PLC reported improved net inflows and higher assets under management in the third quarter of 2026, supported by investment performance and inflows into its long-only and alternative strategies. Read More
(Alliance News) - The UK government is being "cautious" about making public announcements over its decisions on the Jackdaw and Rosebank oil and gas fields in order to avoid the "mistakes" of the previous government, Secretary of State for Scotland Douglas Alexander has said. Read More
(Alliance News) - Great Britain's energy watchdog has launched a consultation on plans to reintroduce a measure to help protect suppliers from big swings in gas and electricity prices as the Iran war continues to impact wholesale markets. Read More
Aviva PLC - London-based insurer and asset manager operating in UK, Ireland and Canada - Chief Executive Officer Amanda Blanc hosts an investor and analyst event on Friday focused on the Wealth business. Aviva says it is on track for its GBP280 million annual profit goal in the Wealth arm next year, and further ahead, it sees this growing to GBP500 million. Aviva's Wealth arm includes workplace pensions and advised and direct investments. "The UK wealth market is a major growth opportunity and central to Aviva's long-term strategy," it says. Aviva sees the UK wealth market growing at more than 10% per year, a forecast based on industry research. Read More
(Alliance News) - The following London-listed shares received analyst recommendations Friday morning and on Thursday: Read More
JD Sports Fashion PLC - Bury, Lancashire-based sports and outdoor clothing retailer - Senior Independent Director Kath Smith will leave the board on January 19 after seven years. Smith joined the JD Sports board in 2019 and became senior director in 2022. She led the search that brought in former IKEA chief executive Peter Agnefjall as non-executive chair last month. JD Sports says it has started a search process for Smith's replacement. "The step change in JD in recent years is significant, with high calibre leadership in place and significant investment across the organisation to build solid foundations for future growth," Smith says. Read More
(Alliance News) - Wise Group PLC on Friday said it expects revenue growth for its full financial year to be in the upper half of its target range and income before tax margin near the top, as it posted financial results for the second quarter. Read More
(Alliance News) - Stock prices in Europe opened mixed on Friday, but the mood in markets was calmer after a tech sell-off in Asia and US made way for more constructive trade overnight. Read More
(Alliance News) - Ithaca Energy PLC on Friday said Chief Executive Officer Luciano Vasques has decided to leave the company by the end of March. Read More