Global

Ireland's GDP contracted 1.2% in the second quarter and confounded analysts' expectations of 0.5% growth, according to an initial estimate released today.

The key themes among global equity funds

Fidelity star manager Anthony Bolton has once again reassured investors the global economy can escape the dreaded double dip.

Philip Hunter, manager of the Old Mutual Asian Select fund, examines the topic of East versus West and revisits the decoupling question

Global banking shares drove markets higher today following the outcome of the Basel III Committee meeting to reform the banking sector.

Fund managers expect the Basel Committee's new rules on bank capital adequacy to have a major impact on financial sector debt and equity markets.

Rathbone's Chillingworth says while Japan represents a ‘how not to’ of economic mismanagement, investors may want to take another look

Agnes Deng on what makes the China equity market a good buy

The FTSE 100 has fallen 0.3% or 16 points to 5,413.5 in early trading after America's Federal Reserve said overnight there were "widespread signs of deceleration" in the US economy.

Adrian Frost and Adrian Gosden of Artemis are to run a new UK and global income fund for St. James's Place (SJP).