Latest articles by Sam Shaw
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What is an IPO (initial public offering)?What are IPOs, what does the market look like, and what should investors think about before getting involved?
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How ‘vast majority’ of pensioners could miss out on state pension tax concessionOnly one in 18 pensioners will benefit from the government’s planned income tax breaks, research suggests. Are there alternative options that would help more retirees?
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Massive megacap tech IPOs are prompting index providers to overhaul their rulebooks – what could it mean for investors?FTSE Russell, Nasdaq and S&P Dow Jones are among the stock market index providers reviewing their IPO inclusion criteria ahead of hotly anticipated listings from the likes of SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI.
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Defensive and record-high cash-like funds top sales as investors boost ISA contributionsDespite fund inflows seeing a slowdown, investors are continuing to pump money into the market as they try to get ahead of the new tax year with ISAs. But which sectors have been popular?
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UK dividends rise by 21% in Q1 – which sectors made the bumper payments?The first quarter of the year posted its highest dividend payouts since 2021, with drivers including select special dividends, currency effects and broadly positive performance across sectors
