Economics / Markets

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....

The Co-operative Bank has received a £100m cash injection from its former parent as part of attempts to fill a £1.5bn black hole.

Executive pay has grown from 60 times that of the average worker to almost 180 times since the 1990s, according to a report.

Old Mutual Global Investors (OMGI) was the big winner at the 19th annual Investment Week Fund Manager of the Year Awards, in a glittering ceremony held last night at London's Royal Albert Hall.

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