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M&G Credit Income avoided Amazon’s £4.25bn bond debut as AI borrowing binge shifts risk from equity to debt markets

M&G Credit Income (MGCI) has shunned buying into the US hyperscaler borrowing binge to fund the rollout of artificial intelligence (AI) as fund manager Adam English maintains his defensive posture amid a darkening economic outlook stemming from the US-Iran conflict. In the loan and bond fund’s third quarter update English said: “The company has not […]

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UK retail ETF trading nearly triples as European market booms

Retail ETF trading on UK exchanges has almost tripled in 2026, according to new research from market data specialist xyt, highlighting the growing importance of individual investors to Europe’s exchange-traded fund industry. The average daily value of ETFs traded through UK retail channels increased from €105m in the first nine months of 2025 to €296m […]

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Morning briefing: Foresight Solar assesses government proposals on fixed price contracts; INPP invests £21.7m in German rail operator BeNEX’s expansion; Supermarket Income lifts fund raise to £60m

Foresight Solar (FSFL) is assessing two consultations issued by the government since last week’s budget. These are on the proposed wholesale contract for difference (WCfD) scheme to allow low-carbon generators like FSFL to exchange variable wholesale power revenues for a fixed strike price. The budget-day document was followed yesterday by a consultation on replacing tradeable […]

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Markets set to fall but not crash after Democrats deliver heavy defeat to Trump’s Republicans in midterms

President Donald Trump struck a conciliatory note after the Democrats’ stunning victory in the US midterm elections, easing fears of a severe short-term market correction. Trump, whose second term as a Republican president will now be shackled by the Democrats’ “clean sweep“ to power in both the US Senate and Congress, told Fox News there […]

03 Nov 2026

HgCapital to co-invest in Anthropic and Hg joint venture to help European businesses make money from AI

Hg, the manager of HgCapital (HGT), the software-focused private equity fund hit by the “SaaSpocalypse” in February, has set up an AI transformation business with Anthropic as it strives to ensure its companies end up as winners from artificial intelligence. Extending collaboration they began in early 2024, Hg and the AI lab have agreed to […]

03 Nov 2026

International Biotechnology Trust poised to raise dividends by half after M&A frenzy delivers 74% shareholder return

Shareholders in International Biotechnology Trust (IBT) can look forward to a 50% rise in this year’s dividends after an outstanding 12 months of performance. Including its semi-annual dividends, IBT delivered a total return to shareholders of 73.6% in the year to 31 August, smashing the 52.3% from the Nasdaq Biotechnology index, the fifth year in […]

03 Nov 2026

BlackRock Greater Europe hikes dividends and offers 25% exit amid green shoots of recovery under its new manager

BlackRock Greater Europe (BRGE) is to ramp up dividends, change its name and cut costs as the £488m investment trust strives to pull out of a five-year slump with the help of Benjamin Moore, the lead fund manager appointed earlier this year. The company will also offer a 25% exit in five years’ time with investors able […]

03 Nov 2026

Amundi undercuts its own global ETF with 0.09% launch

Amundi has launched a new global equity ETF charging just 0.09% annually, despite already offering a fund tracking the same index at five times the price. The Amundi Core MSCI ACWI Swap UCITS ETF (ACW1/WIDE) began trading on the London Stock Exchange on 29 October, with sterling and US dollar trading lines. It tracks the […]

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