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Payouts slashed

Shareholders lose £1.5 billion in dividend income

Aggreko among the firms cancelling payouts Shareholders have taken a £1.5 billion hit to their income since the coronavirus hit, with a dozen or so companies this week alone scrappingRead More

Warning to industry

Pensions leaders told to follow Greta’s call on climate change

Richard Butcher
Richard Butcher: warns of a dereliction of duty (pic: Terry Murden) Pensions industry leaders will today be urged to “go beyond minimum compliance” and do more to tackle the riskRead More

Alert over event

Overseas delegates told ‘stay away’ from Scots conference

EICC
Extra measures: EICC Delegates intending to attend one of Scotland’s biggest conferences have been asked to stay away if they have visited any of the countries hardest hit by coronavirus.Read More

Rare whisky off top spot

Handbags now the top collectables investment

Hermes handbag
Hermes’ fuschia shiny porosus crocodile leather diamond birkin bag retails for £99,999 Rare whisky has a new challenger as the must-have item for those investing in luxury items – handbags.Read More

Woodland investor conference

Ewing to herald a new golden era for forestry in Scotland

Young trees at one of Scotland’s largest modern forestry sites, at Jerah, between Menstrie and Dunblane in central Scotland Rural Economy Secretary Fergus Ewing will address a group of investors,Read More

Mandate awarded

ASI confirmed as manager of Woodford Income Focus Fund

Neil Woodford
Neil Woodford was forced to stand down Aberdeen Standard Investments has confirmed that it will take over as investment manager of one of Neil Woodford’s funds. As predicted last weekRead More

Mandate switch

Aberdeen Standard Investments ‘to win’ Woodford fund

Neil Woodford
Neil Woodford: sacked Aberdeen Standard Investments is expected to take on the suspended £244 million Woodford Income Focus mandate. The Edinburgh-based asset manager is close to sealing a deal to runRead More

Crackdown on withdrawals

Bank may tighten rules to protect property funds

Bank of England
Options: Bank of England may take action (pic: Terry Murden) Investors may face tight restrictions on withdrawals from property funds amid fears that worries over their performance will lead toRead More

Unusually high outflows

M&G suspends property fund amid Brexit and retail tensions

Haymarket 4
Edinburgh’s Haymarket, to the right in this artist’s impression of an earlier scheme, is part of M&G Real Estate M&G has suspended trading in its M&G Property Portfolio fund amidRead More

Pledge to campaigners

Labour to compensate women in pensions battle

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Jeremy Corbyn met women campaigners from Falkirk (pic: Terry Murden) Labour is promising to compensate 3.7 million women who claim they were denied their pension rights and left thousands ofRead More