Hints and tips:
...matthew.vincent@ft.com...
...Corporate earnings reports out today include Rocket Internet, Puma, Ericsson, Virgin Money, Circassia and Carpetright....
...European companies slated to report this morning include: Zurich, Commerzbank, Publicis, Société Générale, Unicredit, Puma, Pernod Ricard, Christian Dior and L’Oreal....
...“Some have been dire and not returned the capital while others have done exactly what they were supposed to – like the Puma and the Downing Planned Exit VCTs.”...
...Graham Shore, managing director of Shore Capital which runs the Puma VCTs, says investors would have to do as much due diligence as the portfolio managers....
...The options are: invest in the VCTs that are still open from the last tax year; invest in the only VCT of the current tax year, Puma VCT 8 from Shore Capital; or wait until October when there will be more...
...Downing, Albion and Puma VCTs make a large amount of qualifying investment as loan stock with a first charge over an asset.”...
...Take PPR’s bid for Puma....
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