BlackRock says UK equities look good

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SCHEMES planning to invest in UK equities this year will benefit from cheap shares and a booming number of mergers and acquisitions, BlackRock believes.

Head of asset allocation Richard Urwin said the UK equity market currently looked inexpensive in terms of forward earnings and valuations relative to interest rates. He added dividend and profit ...

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