The end of the tax year is fast approaching and with it the opportunity to maximise your £20,000 ISA allowance for the year.In this article we have identified six names from a list of some of the most consistent funds and fund managers in the UK which could be a good fit for your tax wrapper. While we have aimed for a balance across different investment styles and asset classes this is not intend

Saga investors have to hope earnings are on courseThe share price has been unusually volatile since the interim resultsRather like its cruise-ship customers, shareholders in over-50s financial services and leisure group Saga (SAGA) will be hoping everything is plain sailing when the firm reports full year earnings on 4 April.The last six months have been anything but quiet, with the shares touchin

The FTSE 100 closed higher on Monday and the sterling got a boost, as the UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak signed a deal with the EU over post-Brexit trading arrangements for Northern Ireland.Sunak will now seek to win the backing of unionists and Tory Eurosceptics.The FTSE 100 index closed up 56.45 points, 0.7%, at 7,935.11. The FTSE 250 ended up 189.57 points, 1.0%, at 19,886.10, and the AIM All-Sh

Only a handful of FTSE 100 stocks were in the red at midday on Monday, as markets were in a confident mood with all eyes on progress in talks between the UK and EU in London.UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will hold face-to-face talks in Windsor, Berkshire, with the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Monday, as Sunak looks to finalise a deal to fix issues with the Northern Ireland

A healthy number of lesser-known businesses have done very well in share price terms since coming to market in the last two years, with price appreciation reflecting strong operational performances or the fact they sate voracious investor appetite for a particular theme.Readers will be familiar with high-profile post-pandemic newcomers on the London Stock Exchange (LSGE) trading above their issue

London's FTSE 100 closed 0.17% higher to 7,184.95 on Wednesday as attention turns to the latest decision on interest rates from the US Federal Reserve later in the day.On Wall Street markets were somewhat less optimistic with the S&P 500, Dow Jones and tech-heavy Nasdaq all trading flat in morning trading stateside.All eyes will be on the US central bank as it finishes its two-day meeting, with so

London's FTSE 100 edged 0.1% higher to 7,179.76 just before midday on Wednesday as attention turns to the latest decision on interest rates from the US Federal Reserve later in the day.All eyes will be on the US central bank as it finishes its two-day meeting, with some analysts predicting it will bring forward its projections for its first post-pandemic interest rate rise by a year to 2023.The Fe

London's FTSE 100 edged 0.25% higher to 7,190.61 points early on Wednesday as investors waited the latest decision on interest rates from the US Federal Reserve and the market took news of another sharp jump in inflation in its stride.UK CPI rose by 2.1% in May on an annual basis, ahead of consensus expectations of 1.8% and coming in higher than the 1.5% rate in April, though investors were seemin