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This week's articles 20 March 2020

All the articles published in this week's magazine in one place
March 19, 2020

FEATURES

Fightback

Megan Boxall and Dave Baxter discover who’s leading the charge to beat the deadly coronavirus, and how healthcare provision could be changed forever.

Figuring out acquisitions

Accounting for acquisitions, once the badlands of company accounts, have been largely tamed. Philip Ryland explains how.

SEVEN DAYS

Our take on the biggest business stories of the past week.

 

NEWS

 

Fed pulls out all the stops, but spooks markets

Property funds suspend trading in coronavirus turmoil

Coronavirus threatens to topple airline industry

William Hill suspends dividend in coronavirus warning

 

News Spotlight – How much trouble lies ahead for insurers?

 

News Feature – Governments step in to fight coronavirus credit crunch

 

News Feature – How Covid-19 will impact supermarkets

 

Economic Outlook – Oil’s mixed blessing, Next week’s economics

 

COMMENT

 

The Editor – Turning point

Simon Thompson – Targeting value plays

Chris Dillow – The crisis of beliefs, Not paying attention

Mr Bearbull – History and maths

No Free Lunch – Going simplistic

Michael Taylor – Don’t get caught short

 

MONEY

 

If your pensions allowance is still tapered, consider VCTs

 

Portfolio Clinic – How to make your portfolio more resilient and well rounded

 

TIPS

 

Vistry turnaround shines through

Avon offers defensive growth

Clean up with PZ Cussons

Just Group: downside protection

Look to long term growth witn Invesco China Equity

 

Tips Updates

Aston Martin Lagonda

Anglo American

SThree

Time Out

Trainline

 

FUNDS

 

Investment trusts continue to raise dividends, but future increases are under threat

 

SHARES

 

Taking Stock – Some thoughts on post-apocalyptic capital allocations

 

Stock Screens – Hunting Genuine Value in the market debris

 

Results

Equiniti

Quilter

FDM

Softcat

Advanced Medical Solutions

IP

Breedon

Go Ahead

Funding Circle

Bodycote

Galliford Try

Tullow Oil

Marshalls

Savills

Intu

Arrow Global

Brooks Macdonald

Computacenter

Helios Towers

Ceres Power

Volution

Gamesys

Restore

Harworth

Ferguson

Gamma Communications

ContourGlobal

Smart Metering Systems

Polypipe

Wm Morrison

Judges Scientific

Cello Health

Emis

Ferrexpo

Empiric Student Property

Pendragon

TI Fluid Systems

Antofagasta

 

WEEK AHEAD

 

TAKEOVERS

 

Warehouse Reit shelves open offer

 

DIRECTORS DEALINGS

 

Barclays insiders buy (and sell) the dip

Hedge fund orders more Domino’s