Investment General

Ratings agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) was last night at the centre of a storm after it accidentally downgraded France's AAA rating.

Patrick Evershed has claimed investors in New Star's Property fund lost millions of pounds after the group continued to advertise the fund despite warnings from its property team that prices were over-inflated.

Phil Clarke, technical services manager at Rowanmoor Pensions, says his son was reluctant to even consider opening a pension, until he bumped into a financial adviser...

Neil Woodford has revealed his "increasing concern" about the situation in the eurozone as he warns of a European credit crunch and the risk of the UK following Europe into recession next year.

Millionaires favour hedge fund manager Paul Singer, CEO of Elliott Management, as the manager they trust most with their cash, according to an investment club survey.

Former New Star CIO Theo Zemek claimed she was bullied by firm founder John Duffield, echoing allegations made by her ex-colleague Patrick Evershed, according to the lawyer acting for Evershed.

The death of "gravy train" tax breaks for solar power was inevitable, but other venture capital trusts could be right be clients, say advisers who invest in renewable energy.

Financial services group St James's Place (SJP) recorded a 13% increase in sales to £154m in the third quarter, it said today.

Sherborne Investors' Edward Bramson's eagerly-awaited strategic review into F&C has laid out plans to cut costs, leading to staff redundancies.

Paul Feeney is set to join Old Mutual's Long-term Savings divison (LTS) as chief executive of asset management.