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Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:00:13 GMT Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:06:44 GMT client.support@ft.com (Client Support) 15 Newspapers http://www.ft.com/rss/markets/on-london http://im.media.ft.com/m/img/rss/RSS_Default_Image.gif http://www.ft.com/markets/on-london http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/97b7c4f8-540c-11e1-bacb-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/markets_on-london/feed//product Bankers point to the valuation creation of tie-ups such Misys/Temenos and Glencore/Xstrata – such arguments were common in the dotcom boom Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:00:13 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/97b7c4f8-540c-11e1-bacb-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/markets_on-london/feed//product 97b7c4f8-540c-11e1-bacb-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4e725b12-4e7d-11e1-aa0b-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/markets_on-london/feed//product Mining executives are rarely anything other than confident but investors have reason to be more cautious about consolidation, writes Bryce Elder Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:15:36 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/4e725b12-4e7d-11e1-aa0b-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/markets_on-london/feed//product 4e725b12-4e7d-11e1-aa0b-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d8a179f0-4903-11e1-88f0-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/markets_on-london/feed//product Tests to avoid a ‘Sino-Forest scenario’ of a group with allegedly non-existent assets listing in London should not overlook smaller indices Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:57:59 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d8a179f0-4903-11e1-88f0-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/markets_on-london/feed//product d8a179f0-4903-11e1-88f0-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2c199bbc-438c-11e1-9f28-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/markets_on-london/feed//product With total returns over the past decade that are second only to mining tobacco makers’ reputation as defensive has been well earned Fri, 20 Jan 2012 21:16:40 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2c199bbc-438c-11e1-9f28-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/markets_on-london/feed//product 2c199bbc-438c-11e1-9f28-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/02c03948-3dff-11e1-ac9b-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/markets_on-london/feed//product Investors are needing an increasingly strong stomach for even the most supposedly safe assets Fri, 13 Jan 2012 17:17:09 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/02c03948-3dff-11e1-ac9b-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/markets_on-london/feed//product 02c03948-3dff-11e1-ac9b-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dacac3e4-3887-11e1-9d07-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/markets_on-london/feed//product Even if BP’s dividend dissapoints next month the index promises a 2012 yield of 3.9% on estimates while corporate pay-outs look well covered Fri, 06 Jan 2012 19:44:52 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/dacac3e4-3887-11e1-9d07-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/markets_on-london/feed//product dacac3e4-3887-11e1-9d07-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6a9bbf5e-2d49-11e1-b985-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/markets_on-london/feed//product History suggests buying the year’s worst-performing stocks over the winners works only ahead of a macro turning point Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:56:03 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6a9bbf5e-2d49-11e1-b985-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/markets_on-london/feed//product 6a9bbf5e-2d49-11e1-b985-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b56c7e14-27f5-11e1-9433-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/markets_on-london/feed//product Investors could yet start to worry over the UK’s close links with Europe and look elsewhere Fri, 16 Dec 2011 19:33:10 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b56c7e14-27f5-11e1-9433-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/markets_on-london/feed//product b56c7e14-27f5-11e1-9433-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6660da42-2267-11e1-acdc-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/markets_on-london/feed//product FTSE Eurofirst 300 pharmaceutical index has outpaced the wider market by 2.5 per cent over the past three months Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:06:00 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6660da42-2267-11e1-acdc-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/markets_on-london/feed//product 6660da42-2267-11e1-acdc-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a42fb860-1cfa-11e1-a134-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/markets_on-london/feed//product The pound has proved remarkably resilient so far, and part of the explanation is that, at times of crisis, investors have had nowhere else to turn Fri, 02 Dec 2011 21:05:56 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/a42fb860-1cfa-11e1-a134-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/markets_on-london/feed//product a42fb860-1cfa-11e1-a134-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/58036d3a-176c-11e1-b20e-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/markets_on-london/feed//product Equities might be cheap but few people think this is the time to buy because the name of the game in the City is capital preservation Fri, 25 Nov 2011 19:33:08 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/58036d3a-176c-11e1-b20e-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/markets_on-london/feed//product 58036d3a-176c-11e1-b20e-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/206d81a6-11ec-11e1-9d4d-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/markets_on-london/feed//product To outperform in a rising market, corporations may have to take more aggressive steps to push their valuations closer to other companies Fri, 18 Nov 2011 20:56:17 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/206d81a6-11ec-11e1-9d4d-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/markets_on-london/feed//product 206d81a6-11ec-11e1-9d4d-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/19d07c9c-0c6d-11e1-8ac6-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/markets_on-london/feed//product It is evident that much of the bad news is ‘in the price’, and for the first time in a while it is possible to argue that Lloyds, RBS and the rest could outperform the market Fri, 11 Nov 2011 21:09:21 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/19d07c9c-0c6d-11e1-8ac6-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/markets_on-london/feed//product 19d07c9c-0c6d-11e1-8ac6-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/aa558374-06ec-11e1-b9cc-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/markets_on-london/feed//product Institutional investors were criticised for failing to back the deal, but blame must also attach to the company and its chief executive Fri, 04 Nov 2011 22:30:18 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/aa558374-06ec-11e1-b9cc-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/markets_on-london/feed//product aa558374-06ec-11e1-b9cc-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/748ac102-0172-11e1-b177-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/markets_on-london/feed//product By the tiniest margin, the Bank of England has avoided the first auction failure since it started buying gilts in March 2009 as part of quantitative easing Fri, 28 Oct 2011 20:25:02 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/748ac102-0172-11e1-b177-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/markets_on-london/feed//product 748ac102-0172-11e1-b177-00144feabdc0 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c749fe34-fc00-11e0-b1d8-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/markets_on-london/feed//product Neither WPP nor ITV has disappointed or reduced profit guidance materially, suggesting potential for a rebound once markets normalise Fri, 21 Oct 2011 19:21:14 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c749fe34-fc00-11e0-b1d8-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/markets_on-london/feed//product c749fe34-fc00-11e0-b1d8-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e01aa14a-f663-11e0-86dc-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/markets_on-london/feed//product Politicians now have to deliver because if they do not, or it looks like they cannot, recent stock market gains will disappear in the blink of an eye Fri, 14 Oct 2011 19:12:10 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e01aa14a-f663-11e0-86dc-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/markets_on-london/feed//product e01aa14a-f663-11e0-86dc-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ca1954b6-f0de-11e0-aec8-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/markets_on-london/feed//product Investors looking for a bargain could do worse than head down the supermarket aisle, as Warren Buffett has done Fri, 07 Oct 2011 20:02:50 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/ca1954b6-f0de-11e0-aec8-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/markets_on-london/feed//product ca1954b6-f0de-11e0-aec8-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c7eb6ce4-eb5f-11e0-9a41-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/markets_on-london/feed//product Investors should be wary of being too bearish on China/EM plays – their end markets might be slowing but they are still growing Fri, 30 Sep 2011 19:51:25 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/c7eb6ce4-eb5f-11e0-9a41-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/markets_on-london/feed//product c7eb6ce4-eb5f-11e0-9a41-00144feab49a http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3949ca1c-e5d8-11e0-8e99-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/markets_on-london/feed//product If a second round follows a similar pattern to the first stimulus, then sterling and government bond yields can be expected to fall initially, writes David Oakley Fri, 23 Sep 2011 16:43:00 GMT http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/3949ca1c-e5d8-11e0-8e99-00144feabdc0.html?ftcamp=published_links/rss/markets_on-london/feed//product 3949ca1c-e5d8-11e0-8e99-00144feabdc0