Christine Lagarde, managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), has warned that the US' failure to raise its debt ceiling could be far worse than the country's current government shutdown.
Mike Morrison looks at how the US approach to retirement income limits differs from the UK.
Mining stocks led a drop in the FTSE 100 today as falling commodity prices weighed on shares.
The US economy expanded at a much greater rate than expected, according to latest figures released this afternoon, helping push benchmark US treasury yields back up to 2.82%.
From Japan to the US via Europe and the UK, L&G Investments' multi-managers Tim Gardner and Alan Thein give their views on the global investment landscape.
Markets around the world sold-off overnight while oil continued to soar, as the prospect of military involvement in Syria's civil war grows.
US investors are taking profits in outperforming sectors such as healthcare and revisiting technology names, viewing them as a dividend play for the first time.