Fund managers will be scored and ranked by companies they own, under new plans to improve investor engagement.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is fighting a proposal by Lloyds Banking Group to pay its first dividend since the government acquired a 43% stake in 2008, according to reports.

Spain's economy minister Luis de Guindos denied his country needs a bailout as he gave a speech to the London School of Economics.

Oil prices dropped yesterday as economic data from China and Europe renewed concerns about a slowdown in global demand.

UK GDP growth has been revised slightly upwards to a contraction of 0.4% in Q2, according to the final estimate from the Office of National Statistics.

Bill Gates has been named the wealthiest American for the 19th year in a row, according to Forbes' rich list.

George Soros has urged Germany to "lead or leave the euro" just days before a key ruling on the eurozone's bailout fund by Germany's constitutional court.

Fund managers including Richard Pease, Harry Nimmo, Richard Buxton and rising star Philip Rodrigs were awarded the top Honours at the fifth Morningstar OBSR Awards last night.

The European Central Bank(ECB) should launch an "unlimited" bond buying programme to help stem the eurozone debt crisis, according to the secretary-general of the OECD.

Peter Hargreaves and Stephen Lansdown, the founders of Hargreaves Lansdown, are in line for dividend payouts of around £40m when the broker reveals its results this week, according to reports.