UK Equity Income

Investors in the UK are beginning to realise they cannot ride the wave of optimism brought by the arrival of a Conservative majority government forever.

Tilney Bestinvest's Seager-Scott discusses the trend

Manager praises Pearson for maximising sale value

Economic data from US and UK not strong enough

Jamie Clark, co-manager on the Liontrust Macro UK Growth and Macro Equity Income funds, names his favourite transformational stocks in the telecommunications sector.

Standard Life Investments UK manager Thomas Moore has said Barclays can transform itself under the watchful eye of interim chief executive John McFarlane.

Lloyds has announced an interim dividend payment of 0.75p per share in its half year results, but the banking giant said it would also consider special dividends in the future.

Legal & General Investment Management (LGIM) UK Equity Income manager Richard Black is to leave the group after seven years at the company.