Market Pulse
Spire Healthcare CEO Rob Roger to depart
Spire Healthcare’s chief executive officer Rob Roger plans to leave the company to take up a role as CEO of a large privately-financed property business, details of which will be announced shortly.
Murray International struggles into 2016
Murray International Trust reported on a year of depressed returns on Monday, with net asset value total return of -7. 8% in 2015, down from 3% a year earlier. Share price total return was -15. 2% in the calendar year, compared with 1. 7%, and benchmark total return was 2. 6%, down from 7. 5%.
London pre-open: FTSE seen touch higher; rate decisions in focus
London stocks are set open just a touch higher on Monday, despite a positive session in Asia, following solid gains at the end of last week.
Monday newspaper round-up: Budget, Deutsche Boerse/LSE, UK wealth, Hinkley Point
George Osborne will this week try to plug the hole in the public finances with £4bn of new spending cuts and a series of raids on corporate Britain, as he tries to avoid a Budget fight with Eurosceptic Tory MPs. Mr Osborne admitted on Friday that the economy was £18bn smaller than originally thought; his eighth Budget on Wednesday will seek “soft targets” to replenish the exchequer without risking a rebellion from Tory MPs. – Financial Times.