UK

Attitude to property investment sure has changed in recent months

The UK economy grew at 0.7% in the final quarter of 2013, official figures confirmed today, in line with the preliminary estimate, although 2013's overall growth rate was revised down.

SLI's Dynamic Distribution fund manager Lowe expects to increase her property allocation

HSBC shares have fallen almost 5% after full-year results failed to meet market expectations.

Vodafone's sale of its 45% holding in US peer Verizon Wireless could see an extra £10bn invested in UK equities in the coming weeks, according to reports.

The UK's economic recovery is "not yet secure", Chancellor George Osborne has warned, ahead of next month's Budget.

Investor confidence in the UK has strengthened considerably over the past 12 months, according to the latest investor confidence survey from the Association of Investment Companies (AIC).

Britain must see a business recovery before interest rates can begin to rise, according to Mark Carney, the Governor of the Bank of England.

Weaker US data and ongoing expectations of tighter UK monetary policy have helped boost gold and sterling respectively as the dollar loses ground.

Henderson Strategic Bond fund manager John Pattullo has moved aggressively in to gilts in a bid to hedge against a worldwide deflationary shock caused by the chaos in emerging markets.