China

Amid an uncertain economic environment, high yielding equities appear to be an attractive option

Managed by Helen Lam, the Luxembourg-based fund offers investors a direct, cost-effective and low risk way to benefit from the strenghening of the Chinese Renminbi (RMB) versus the US dollar.

The FTSE 100 is 1.3% lower after slowing Chinese GDP data and a Moody's warning over France's AAA-rating weighed on sentiment.

Thousands more Equitable Life policyholders could die before they receive compensation amid continuing government "incompetence", the mutual's chief campaign group has warned.

Dire data from households and its impact on retailers, strike action talks, heads roll at UBS, and advice from the PM to Britain to reject "can't do sogginess" for the drive of China. Our round-up up of the nationals.

We were delighted to welcome Fidelity's Anthony Bolton as the keynote speaker at the Investment Week Senate Autumn Conference 2011.

Fidelity's Anthony Bolton has said he remains a world equity market bull despite a global situation that he said resembles "a big game of poker".

The FTSE 100 has slipped back into the red mid morning as poor performance from the banking and mining sectors weighed on the index.

Stocks in the US and Asia rallied overnight after Italy turned to China for help with its debt crisis.

Figures from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) suggest activity in the UK fell for a sixth straight month in July and at its steepest rate since June 2010.