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16 May 2012
Tom Dobell, manager of the £7.8bn M&G Recovery fund, has warned BP it must up its game or risk being snapped up by another oil major.
01 May 2012
BP was one of the biggest losers in early trading as investors sold shares in the oil major following a disappointing update.
01 May 2012
Oil major BP saw profits fall in the first quarter of the year, led by its downstream business, but has held its dividend at 8 cents per share.
19 April 2012
BP has reached agreements with 100,000 individual plaintiffs to resolve claims from the 2010 oil spill - costing the company $7.8bn.
12 April 2012
Reports of a 'light sheen' of oil found near production sites in the Gulf of Mexico sent shares in the UK oil majors lower this morning.
27 March 2012
James Henderson has managed Henderson Global Investors’ UK Equity Income fund since 2005, taking on the mandate after a long spell at the asset manager.
05 March 2012
UK dividend growth will disappoint in 2012, undershooting forecasts, investment trust manager Charles Luke has warned.
24 February 2012
Geopolitical events may cause aggressive short-term moves in the oil price but there is still room for optimism, writes Tom Nelson, co-manager of the £206.3m Guinness Global Energy fund.
21 February 2012
Ecclesiastical’s Robin Hepworth has warned gilts are ‘in a bubble’ and should be avoided by investors looking for returns over the medium term.
07 February 2012
UK oil leviathan BP today announced its first dividend hike since it resumed payouts a year ago, after revealing profits had soared in the fourth quarter of 2011.
06 February 2012
Income investors enjoyed a bumper year in 2011 as dividends from UK-listed companies hit an all-time high, surging 12.8% to £67.8bn.
27 January 2012
UK stocks were muted mid-morning as investors took profits and fretted once more over the outlook for Europe and the Greek debt deal.
23 January 2012
The latest Dividend Monitor report from Capita Registrars has unveiled the top ten dividend paying stocks in the UK market last year.
20 January 2012
Shares in UK oil major BP were off more than 3% today as investors fretted over a warning from a well known analyst that the settlement for 2010's Gulf of Mexico disaster could be well above estimates.
07 December 2011
Today’s oil price is a risk to global economic growth, particularly in the US, said BP chief executive Bob Dudley.
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