L&G's asset allocation team predicts the most likely date for an interest rate rise will be May 2015, despite a clash with next year's general election.

Investors and fund buyers are increasingly backing Japanese equities as the country boosts its QE programme, and rotates its national pension fund towards domestic equities.

New rules have been announced by the Financial Stability Board (FSB) that propose preventing large banks from being bailed out by the taxpayer.

Stocks in Shanghai and Hong Kong have rallied after authorities confirmed the trading link between the two cities' exchanges is to open next week.

Georgia, Senegal, and Ghana could be the next candidates to be upgraded to MSCI frontier market status, according to LGM Investments' Thomas Vester.

‘Property is our favourite asset class of 2014’

Family office Fleming Family & Partners is to merge with competitor Stonehage to form one of the largest family offices in the EMEA region.

Specialist wealth managers are reaping the benefits of FATCA as US expats rush to get their affairs in order and find themselves turned away from some UK firms.

US shares have continued to rally after European Central Bank (ECB) president Mario Draghi laid the groundwork for full blown quantitative easing in the eurozone.

Supermarket shares have risen sharply after Morrisons' interim results showed signs that the worst of an ongoing sales slump may be over.