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UBS has raised its view on Swiss equities to Attractive after a sharp market correction tied to the U.S.-Iran conflict. The bank calls the decline a "constructive entry point" and recommends funding Swiss equity allocations by trimming exposure to more cyclical markets. UBS highlights the Swiss market's defensive sector bias, relatively compelling …
UBS upgraded its recommendation on Beiersdorf AG from sell to neutral while reducing its 12-month price target to €80 from €90, citing the stock's sharp underperformance versus peers. The bank lowered near-term earnings estimates, flagged weaker consumer and Tesa sales for Q1 2026, and outlined downside and upside valuation scenarios. Short interes…
Blackstone has sold the full Fidere residential portfolio in Spain to Brookfield Asset Management for a gross price of 1.2 billion euros, with Fidere valuing the transaction at a net 1.05 billion euros in a regulatory filing. The package covers about 5,000 homes across 47 buildings in Madrid and is described by Blackstone as the largest multifamily…
Unilever has entered advanced discussions to merge its packaged foods division with spice maker McCormick in a transaction that would provide $15.7 billion in cash to Unilever and leave its shareholders with majority control of the combined company. The proposal comes as CEO Fernando Fernandez pushes to reshape the group, shifting emphasis toward p…
Goldman Sachs' strategists say the Middle East conflict has shifted the macro outlook for Europe away from a Goldilocks scenario, as higher energy forecasts and downgraded growth raise the probability of stagflation. The bank's commodity team has increased price assumptions for Brent and TTF gas, while economists cut Euro area GDP forecasts and rai…
Semiconductor shares fell after Google unveiled TurboQuant, a compression approach that can cut AI inference memory needs by up to six times. Bank of America argues that capital spending for AI hardware remains the principal gauge of demand, and it keeps AI compute, semiconductor capital equipment and AI networking at the top of its U.S. subsector …
Pandora is opening a distribution centre in Mississauga, Ontario to process Canadian online orders locally and reduce the effect of U.S. tariffs on jewellery imported from Thailand. The facility, operated by GXO Logistics, is intended to shorten delivery times in one of the company's fastest-growing markets and limit shipments transiting U.S. custo…
Barclays has identified three preferred stocks in the European consumer goods and food sector as companies report first-quarter results. The bank warns of widespread earnings softness and flags geopolitical risk tied to the U.S.-Israel war on Iran as a potential inflation shock, while favouring businesses that can pass costs through to prices witho…
London stocks inched up Tuesday as reports indicated the US president was prepared to scale back military activity against Iran without forcing a full reopening of the Strait of Hormuz. The FTSE 100 rose modestly while the pound strengthened slightly. Final UK GDP for Q4 2025 showed 0.1% quarterly growth, with consumer spending tepid and business i…
European stocks registered modest gains early Tuesday, but the region’s benchmark is set for a sharp monthly drop that would end an eight-month rally. Markets were supported by reports of possible de-escalation in the Middle East, yet concerns over disrupted oil flows and supply-chain pressures have pushed the STOXX 600 toward its first quarterly f…
European equities were largely flat as investors digested a media report that the U.S. president is willing to wind down military action against Iran even if the Strait of Hormuz remains effectively closed. Heavy gains in oil prices and concerns over energy-driven inflation lifted government bond yields and kept markets cautious ahead of Eurozone c…
Jefferies initiated coverage of Rockwell Automation with a Hold rating, reducing its prior Buy recommendation and trimming the price target to $380 from $490. Analyst Stephen Volkmann lifted earnings estimates and models stronger organic growth for fiscal 2026 than management’s midpoint guidance, but argues the stock already reflects reshoring bene…
Ashmore Group PLC said on Tuesday that Japan Post Insurance has agreed to a strategic partnership that includes a $1 billion allocation to Ashmore’s emerging markets funds, with the capital to be phased in over roughly 12 months. The insurer will also acquire a 2.9% equity stake in Ashmore through open-market transactions, with the timing of those …
Vorwerk Group SE will ask shareholders to approve a special dividend of €0.40 per share in addition to its customary €0.70 distribution, following a year in which revenue, cash balances and profitability all improved markedly. The company also provided 2026 guidance that points to continued, though moderate, revenue growth and a wide EBITDA range.
3i Infrastructure PLC reported a performance update covering October 1, 2025 to March 30, 2026, saying the portfolio remains on track to deliver an 8-10% return for the full year. Several assets outperformed expectations while others lagged; the company extended its revolving credit facility and, following the receipt of sale proceeds and a new inv…
Hilton Food Group reported adjusted profit before tax of £73 million for fiscal 2025, matching prior guidance, and reiterated a fiscal 2026 adjusted PBT guidance range of £60-65 million. The company has initiated a strategic review to reinforce its core red meat operations, pursue efficiency and margin gains, and expand its retailer partnership mod…
VAT Group AG said it will fall short of its earlier first-quarter revenue guidance, now forecasting around CHF215 million versus prior guidance of CHF240-260 million. The company attributes the shortfall to supply-chain disruptions related to the Iran conflict and to customer-driven configuration changes that delayed revenue recognition. Management…
Grocery inflation in the UK remained at 4.3% in the four weeks to March 22, according to Worldpanel by Numerator, keeping pressure on household budgets. The research group said some categories, such as unprocessed meat and coffee, are seeing the fastest price increases while butter and sugar confectionery are recording the steepest declines. Early …
Future Plc said in a trading update that a larger-than-expected reduction in audience traffic originating from Google has weighed on its higher-margin revenue streams, prompting the company to reduce full-year guidance by 15% to 20%. The publisher expects first-half EBITDA margins to be materially lower than last year and lowered its fiscal 2026 ma…
Severfield plc issued a trading update on Tuesday for the year ending March 2026, reporting pre-tax profit in line with market expectations and a lower-than-expected net debt position. The company trimmed its fiscal 2027 pre-tax profit outlook to £12-15 million, citing a subdued UK and European backdrop and timing shifts for several large projects,…
Japanese equities closed lower on Tuesday, with the Nikkei 225 ending the session down 1.27%. Losses were concentrated in the Paper & Pulp, Transport and Communication sectors. Market breadth favored decliners, the Nikkei volatility gauge surged, and moves in oil, gold and currency pairs accompanied the equity weakness.
Volvo Cars has agreed to convert about $274 million of credit owed by its sister brand Polestar into shares, a move designed to tighten ties between the two automakers and support plans to produce the Polestar 3 at Volvo's U.S. factory in South Carolina. A further conversion of roughly $65 million is planned for the second quarter of 2026, continge…
A March 25 internal document from Vingroup requests Vietnam's industry ministry to abandon plans for a 4.8 GW liquefied natural gas (LNG) power plant in Haiphong and instead consider a large-scale hybrid renewable energy project coupled with a battery energy storage system (BESS). The move follows a dramatic 85% jump in LNG prices after U.S. and Is…
Citi Research initiated coverage of Rheinmetall with a neutral rating and a €1,480 target price, arguing that the company’s value hinges on whether current ammunition demand is enduring or temporary. The bank splits valuation between a €330-per-share Weapons and Ammunition component and €1,146 for the rest of the group, while modelling a steep buil…
Several large pharmaceutical companies and industry officials report that new medicine rollouts in Europe are being delayed as manufacturers assess the implications of U.S. pricing initiatives tied to international reference pricing. Executives, a trade association leader and market data point to a marked fall in European launches since Washington …
