Henderson's Trevor Green believes investors should not read too much into today's "depressing" results from retailers, saying they do not adequately reflect the outlook for the entire sector.

Lazard Asset Management, a specialist in developing world equity investing, is expanding its capabilities into emerging market debt.

Belgium's bond yields relative to the continent's benchmark Germany are rising at the fastest rate in the eurozone as the country struggles to fight its huge debt burden.

Investec Asset Management is launching its first pure African equity fund targeted at the UK and European retail investor.

David Aird, Investec's MD of UK retail distribution, discusses his group's 19-year experience investing on the African continent and how it can harness this expertise into its Africa Opportunities fund.

The Artemis Alpha and Gartmore Growth Opportunities investment trusts have reached an agreement to merge the two companies.

The US Treasury could announce plans to return independence to insurance giant AIG as early as this week.

Mark Mobius has labelled the world record $70bn Petrobras rights issue an "abomination" and believes it could signal the globe is entering an IPO bubble.

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BlackRock's Will Landers, the largest investor in South American equities, is maintaining a big underweight in Petrobras as the giant prepares for its world record rights issue.