Economics / Markets

Why Schroders' multi-manager head Marcus Brookes finds a dearth of bearish managers unsettling

The US Federal Reserve has said it will end its purchases of government bonds in October, bringing to a close the quantitative easing (QE) experiment.

The Bank of England's new deputy governor, Minouche Shafik, has hinted to MPs that interest rates could be about to go up, the FT reports.

Alex Salmond has been accused of pressurising Scottish financial services representatives not to release a report on independence.

An offshore financier who is the brother-in-law of financial services minister Andrea Leadsom has donated £816,000 to the Conservative party since she first successfully ran for parliament at the last election.

UK equity income managers have found their early purchases of Lloyds Banking Group thwarted by a longer than expected delay in the bank restarting dividend payments.

The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has warned the government against "prematurely" raising interest rates as its latest quarterly economic survey suggested challenges remain for the UK's recovery.

Mark Carney: One year on

Neil Woodford's top ten holdings in his Woodford Equity Income fund contain few surprises, with AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline and British American Tobacco the three largest positions.

Ian McVeigh and Steve Davies, managers of the £1.1bn Jupiter UK Growth fund, have said domestic investors should be wary of a number of ‘disruptive events' which could impact share prices over the next 12 months.