Economics / Markets

Malcolm Streatfield, the chief executive of Lighthouse Group, said the company is seeing the "first green shoots of recovery" following a difficult two years as the business prepared for new rules brought about by the Retail Distribution Review (RDR)....

Schroders has appointed Prudential Regulatory Authority (PRA) risk analyst Craig Botham to its global economics team.

Invesco Perpetual's Neil Woodford has accused Labour leader Ed Miliband of "economic vandalism" over his plans for a price cap on energy bills.

The recovery of the British economy is now "sustainable and self-confirming", according to David Miles, an external member of the Monetary Policy Committee.

David Cameron is "strong at standing up to the weak, but weak at standing up to the strong," Labour leader Ed Miliband said today.

Schroders is to launch a global equity fund for managers Nick Kirrage and Kevin Murphy investing in stocks they feel are primed for a recovery in value, Investment Week, IFAonline.co.uk's sister title, understands.

Network and support services group Sense has reported profits of more than £420,000 for the year ended 31 May.

A surprise delay in the US Federal Reserve's plans to wind down its QE programme may continue into 2014, fund managers have suggested.

Labour will reverse a planned rise in business rates for small firms if it wins the next election, party leader Ed Miliband is expected to say today.

Labour would scrap tax relief for the UK's richest pensioners if the party wins at the next General Election, shadow chancellor Ed Balls has said.