London's leading share index edged up this morning, despite fears of an imminent end to US economic stimulus.

State Street has appointed Robert Rushe as head of exchange-traded products servicing in Ireland.

Barclays Wealth has launched the China Optimiser structured product, a six-year investment offering 65% return of the strategy plus capital paid back in full at maturity.

Berkshire Hathaway's Warren Buffett has urged investors to overlook the "prophets of doom" on the US economy, and says now is the time to make significant new investments.

Jupiter's Guy de Blonay is among 22 managers who have made Trustnet's Alpha Manager list for the first time, while high profile names including Sanjeev Shah and Mark Lyttleton have been cut.

London's leading share index added 0.75% in late morning trading on Monday as miners were buoyed by strong results from Randgold Resources.

London's leading share index edged higher in early morning trading, after disappointing results from Royal Dutch Shell yesterday dragged the FTSE down to close below 6,000.

Morgan Stanley has launched two 100% capital protected structured products, both delivering ‘simple' payouts linked to the performance of the FTSE 100.

London's leading share index fell below 6,000 points in early morning trading, dragged down by a flat finish in US markets and continuing turmoil in Egypt.

The Strategic Bond sector was the most popular with retail investors in 2010 but sales of equity funds also soared to a 10 year high, according to the IMA.