Land Securities hit by £1.4bn loss as lockdowns leave properties empty

Land Securities hit by £1.4bn loss after lockdowns left properties empty and hammered rent income By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 22:01 BST, 18 May 2021 | Updated: 22:01 BST, 18 May 2021 Most of Land Securities premises – including Trinity Leeds shopping centre (pictured) have closed or unoccupied for months One of … Read more

Volkswagen facing calls for a securities investigation over its April Fool’s Day prank name change

Investor experts are calling on the Securities and Exchange Commission to investigate Volkswagen after it claimed to be changing its name to ‘Voltswagen’ in an April Fool’s Day stunt, which they say misled investors and briefly saw the automaker’s share price rise more than 16%. The German car giant, which has previously fallen foul of the … Read more

SECURITIES TRUST OF SCOTLAND: Income is still essential

SECURITIES TRUST OF SCOTLAND: All change at £200 investment fund, but income is still essential By Jeff Prestridge, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:52 GMT, 13 February 2021 | Updated: 21:52 GMT, 13 February 2021 It has been all change at Securities Trust of Scotland, at £200million investment fund with a global income mandate.  Since … Read more

Land Securities poaches Vanessa Simms from residential landlord Grainger as its next finance chief

Land Securities poaches Vanessa Simms from residential landlord Grainger as its next finance chief By City & Finance Reporter for the Daily Mail Published: 22:08 GMT, 28 October 2020 | Updated: 22:15 GMT, 28 October 2020 Land Securities has poached Vanessa Simms Land Securities has poached Vanessa Simms from residential landlord Grainger as its next … Read more

Covid-hit Land Securities eyes retail park sale

Retail park-owner Land Securities planning to cut its portfolio by a third as Covid pushes more shoppers online By Matt Oliver For The Daily Mail Published: 21:50 BST, 19 October 2020 | Updated: 22:15 BST, 19 October 2020 Land Securities is selling its retail parks as the Covid-19 crisis pushes more shoppers online. The landlord, … Read more

PUNT OF THE WEEK: Town Centre Securities

PUNT OF THE WEEK: Town Centre Securities invests in commercial properties like offices, car parks and hotels By Daily Mail City & Finance Reporter Published: 21:51 BST, 2 October 2020 | Updated: 21:51 BST, 2 October 2020 What is it? A property investment firm, specialising in office and retail rentals, car park operations and hotels. Its … Read more

SECURITIES TRUST OF SCOTLAND: The £220m Scottish fund… scouring the world for stocks

SECURITIES TRUST OF SCOTLAND: The £220m Scottish fund… scouring the world for stocks By Jeff Prestridge, Financial Mail on Sunday Published: 21:07 BST, 13 April 2019 | Updated: 10:31 BST, 15 April 2019 Although you wouldn’t guess from the name, Securities Trust of Scotland is an investment fund that scours the globe for dividend-friendly businesses. … Read more