The Chancellor has highlighted five key industries set to benefit from today's Budget, as he tries to move the UK away from a reliance on companies in the finance sector.

Asian markets snapped gains made over the past week as renewed fears of a slowdown in China's economy weighed on investors.

As a tearful Vladimir Putin took the Russian presidency over the weekend amid allegations of vote-rigging, investors are concerned the win could trigger protests and market uncertainty.

A second official estimate of UK GDP has confirmed the economy shrank by 0.2% in the final three months of 2011.

Invesco Perpetual is bringing a range of multi-asset, risk-rated funds to the UK run by its Atlanta-based global asset allocation team headed by CIO Scott Wolle.

Net retail sales slumped nearly 40% last year to their lowest level in three years, according the IMA's annual figures.

Warren Buffett's retail favourite Tesco has seen its shares plunge 14.2% following a profit warning today.

Europe's single currency reached a 15-month low against the dollar following a French bond auction which saw almost all of the €8bn of debt targeted being sold.

We look at key themes and events that have impacted investment over the past year.

A draft prospectus providing details of securities which may be created by the EFSF has acknowledged the breakup of the euro in its list of risk factors.