Brooks Macdonald Asset Management (BMAM) has appointed Gemma Godfrey as investment director and head of investment strategy.

Credit rating agency Moody's has placed Santander UK's long term debt and deposit ratings under review following the announcement last week that its parent may be downgraded.

Pictet Asset Management has launched a global government bond fund that will invest according to an issuer's fundamentals rather than by region.

Former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn is being questioned by police as a suspect in a prostitution ring inquiry, according to the BBC.

The government received more income than it spent in January, posting the highest surplus for four years following a drive to cut public spending.

Ecclesiastical's Robin Hepworth has warned gilts are ‘in a bubble' and should be avoided by investors looking for returns over the medium term.

The German finance minister, Wolfgang Schäuble, is pushing to let Athens default, creating a split in the German government, according to reports.

Stuart Rhodes, manager of the £1.7bn M&G Global Dividend fund, on five of his favourite stocks.

The company that controls the Empire State Building has revealed plans to raise as much as $1bn in an initial public offering, and become a real estate investment trust.

Ratings agency Standard & Poor's has downgraded Egypt's credit rating further as the ongoing upheaval in the country continues.