Blue chip indices in London, Paris and Frankfurt were lower at Monday midday, with London's fall the softest, as Eurostat unexpectedly posted a fall in the eurozone's goods trade surplus for June, while economists globally warned on persistently high inflation. Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky is meeting US President Donald Trump at the White House on Monday, as are several other...

Listed infrastructure and renewable trusts have had a torrid time over the last three years with average discounts to NAV (net asset value) drifting out to between 30% and 40%.In our view the gloom and doom gone too far, with the headwinds impacting NAVs have starting to dissipate, opening the prospect of a strong recovery.We have noticed some green shoots of broad share price strength since...