FTSE 100 news / Companies and sectors / Financial services / 8 October 2026
Financial services: sector news on Thursday 8 October 2026
Average tone +1.5 (slightly positive) across 8 companies with relevant coverage, from 39 stories.
Company by company
| Company | Tone | Stories | What the coverage was about |
|---|---|---|---|
| London Stock Exchange Group | +3.3 | 11 | Coverage leant positive on Jefferies' Buy rating and commentary casting LSEG as a data and AI-driven business. |
| Aberdeen Group | +1.0 | 8 | Coverage was dominated by Aberdeen Group selling around half of its stake in Standard Life through a secondary placing. |
| Pershing Square Holdings | +3.7 | 6 | Coverage centred on the quarterly dividend, with one piece questioning the trim, alongside shares hitting a new one-year high. |
| Investec | +6.3 | 4 | Coverage focused on Investec opening its REALIS UK real estate equity strategy to external investors. |
| IG Group | −4.5 | 3 | Coverage centred on a selloff in IG shares and brokers' attempts to reassure the market. |
| Schroders | +1.3 | 3 | Coverage was mainly about Schroders completing its takeover and leaving the LSE, which is a major but factually reported event. |
| M&G | +2.8 | 2 | Coverage was light, led by M&G rehiring a former debt co-head as its real estate finance chief. |
| St. James's Place | −2.0 | 2 | Coverage was mixed: shares reached a new one-year low, while Peel Hunt named St. |
| 3i | – | 0 | |
| ICG | – | 0 |
Strongest stories in the sector
- −9.7 St. James's Place (LON:STJ) Sets New 1-Year Low - What's Next?
Shares hit a new 1-year low, signalling weak market sentiment. - +9.2 London Stock Exchange Group (LON:LSEG) Earns Buy Rating from Jefferies Financial Group
Jefferies Buy rating is supportive - +9.2 London Stock Exchange Group stock draws a Buy rating from Jefferies
Jefferies Buy rating is supportive - +8.7 Peel Hunt selects SJP, Rathbones and IntegraFin as top wealth stocks
Broker names SJP among its top wealth sector picks. - +8.3 Pershing Square (NYSE:PS) Reaches New 1-Year High - Still a Buy?
Shares reached a new one-year high. - +6.7 EXCLUSIVE: Investec Opens Doors To Real Estate Strategy
Exclusive on Investec opening real estate strategy to investors. - +6.3 Investec Opens Realis UK Real Estate To Investors
Investec launching real estate strategy to outside investors; growth initiative. - +6.2 Investec opens UK real estate equity strategy REALIS to external investors
REALIS opened to external investors; positive business development. - +6.0 Investec opens real estate equity strategy to external capital
Opening equity strategy to external capital expands asset management offering. - −5.8 After the IG Selloff, Brokers Found Many Ways to Say ‘Business as Usual’
Covers selloff in IG shares and brokers' reassurances. - +5.8 Billionaire Bill Ackman Has 11% of His Hedge Fund in Visa and Mastercard. 3 Reasons Why the Famed Investor Is Bullish on These S&P 500 Stocks
Positive take on Ackman's Visa and Mastercard holdings in the fund. - −5.0 Key facts: IG Group Holdings plc Oct 22 Update; UBS cuts PT to 1,425p
UBS cuts price target on IG after update.
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