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TOP NEWS: Bank of England confirms bond-buying scheme will end Friday
(Alliance News) - The Bank of England has confirmed that its bond-buying scheme that was introduced following new Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng's mini-budget will come to an end this Friday, as...
Read moreTOP NEWS: Taylor Maritime makes conditional Grindrod Shipping offer
(Alliance News) - Taylor Maritime Investment Ltd has made a voluntary conditional cash offer for all shares it does not already own in Grindrod Shipping Holdings Ltd, the two companies...
Read moreLONDON MARKET OPEN: Stocks fall as eyes on gilts; Fed minutes ahead
(Alliance News) - It was another less-than-stellar open for European equities on Wednesday, amid fears of a UK bond market cliff-edge, with the Bank of England due to pull its...
Read morePRESS: BoE may extend gilt programme to avoid cliff-edge - FT
(Alliance News) - The Bank of England has privately signalled that it may be willing to extend an emergency UK government bond buying programme beyond this week, the Financial Times...
Read moreLONDON BRIEFING: Hopes of BoE gilt buying reprieve; UK GDP falls
(Alliance News) - Hopes that the Bank of England will extend emergency gilt buying and avoid a bond market cliff-edge were given a boost early Wednesday....
Read moreTOP NEWS: UK GDP falls 0.3% on-month in August, worse than forecast
(Alliance News) - The UK economy registered a surprise decline in August, during what was a poor month for the consumer-facing sector, according to the Office for National Statistics on...
Read moreLONDON MARKET EARLY CALL: Pound down on BoE bond warning; UK GDP ahead
(Alliance News) - London's FTSE 100 is called to open flat on Wednesday, some respite after five successive days of decline, but the pound remained under pressure in early trade...
Read moreUK PM Liz Truss to face MPs after mini-budget wreaks financial chaos
(Alliance News) - The UK prime minister faces MPs on Wednesday for the first time since Chancellor Kwasi Kwarteng's GBP43 billion mini-budget tax giveaway unleashed chaos in the financial markets....
Read moreHouse price anxiety drags down UK consumer confidence – survey
(Alliance News) - Homeowner anxiety about house values has cancelled out any reassurance from the government's freeze on energy bills to drag down consumer confidence for another month, a survey...
Read moreTOP NEWS: Bank of England warns market support will end on Friday
(Alliance News) - The pound has fallen again after the Bank of England governor warned that its emergency support package for the markets would end on Friday....
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