magazine 5 Sep 2024

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The world is ageing, find out the implications for financial markets. Plus, whether bigger is better when it comes to investment trends as mergers continue.
Move to AI, cloud and subscriptions has lots of potential but remains unproven
How to avoid falling into these traps
Poorer US shoppers are under pressure and the discounter is struggling with rising levels of ‘shrink’
Quarterly rebalancing sees luxury goods firm exit the UK’s flagship index and Raspberry Pi enter the FTSE 250
In June Windward launched an AI-powered virtual agent for the maritime and logistics industries
Company is targeting opening 50 new sites over three years
Analysts say parallels to Trent 1000 problems wide of the mark
US and European central banks poised for September rate cuts
From the list, Ocado and Burberry have been relegated from the FTSE 100 and Pennon faces regulatory scrutiny
Closed-ended funds are combining amid persistently wide discounts
Why the sector is at an inflection point and why Rightmove should show resolve
Company should command a significant premium if any deal is to get over the line
Short-term issues are clouding its long-run attractions
Growth, earnings, sentiment and valuation all look to be at trough levels
Falling rates will boost the relative yield attractions of this sustainability-focused fund
Looking at how markets have reacted to previous moves by the Bank of England and Federal Reserve