Economics / Markets

As geopolitical tensions rise across the globe, Maria Merricks asks asset allocators whether it is time to reduce risk in portfolios...

A "relatively benign" rise in interest rates still has the potential to double the number of households facing debt problems, a think tank has said.

The UK economy will grow faster in 2014 than any other G7 economy, while low wage rises will ensure interest rates do not rise until next year, an influential report has forecast.

Jupiter's Merlin multi-manager team have added Neil Woodford's equity income fund to their portfolios as they back the manager's new project from launch.

UK households felt under increasing financial pressure in July and expected their finances to deteriorate over the coming year, a new survey suggests.

Total pension liabilities of FTSE 100 companies have risen from £515bn to £557bn in the last 12 months - an increase of £42bn, according to data.

Bank of England Governor Mark Carney has admitted his surprise Mansion House speech last month was deliberately designed to 'shake up the markets'.

UK consumer price inflation rose by 1.9% in the year to June, up from 1.5% in May, a larger increase than economists had expected.

Miton Group UK equity income manager Bill Mott is to retire from fund management at the end of the year.

The world economy is just as vulnerable to a financial crisis as it was in 2007, with the added danger that debt ratios are now far higher and emerging markets have been drawn into the fire as well, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has warned....