Bonds will experience a volatile summer, according to TwentyFour Asset Management's Chris Bowie, who believes the Federal Reserve will opt for a September rate hike.

Chancellor George Osborne has announced a bill to overhaul the Bank of England, including a reduction in the number of Monetary Policy Committee meetings.

Helena Morrissey, chief executive of Newton Investment Management, has been appointed as a member of a Treasury body to strengthen Britain's position at the centre of global finance.

The gold price has fallen to a five-year low in anticipation of a rise in US interest rates later this year, hitting the shares of gold miners.

Thomas Miller Investment has hired former Sanlam Private Investment head of business development Bruce Ely-Johnston.

Thinktank New City Initiative (NCI) is calling for investment firms that only market their products in one country to be exempt from European regulation, such as AIFMD and MiFID II.

Strong performance from financials bumped up UK payouts to a second quarter record of £29.2bn this year, according to the latest Capita Dividend Monitor.

First State is to launch three new Asian equity funds, following the split of the First State Stewart team earlier this year.

The SLI multi-asset team believe the commodities supercycle of the 2000s is unlikely to ever be repeated again as India will not match up to demand once seen from China.

Old Mutual Global Investors' Richard Buxton has backed Neil Woodford's criticisms of the government's renewable energy tax U-turn, warning it could render the utilities sector "uninvestable".