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

Nat Rothschild announced his shock resignation from the board of coal group Bumi last night and said he had "great regret" in bringing its Indonesian backers to London.

International lenders will meet this weekend to discuss an emergency lifeboat worth up to €15bn, in a bid to stop the Greek crisis spreading to Eastern Europe.

Wealth manager Rathbone Brothers has acquired an almost 20% holding in Vision Independent Financial Planning and sister company Castle Investment Solutions for £2m, with a view to buying the remainder of the companies in 2015.

The 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 gaave 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.

Investment managers' optimism about their business prospects rose for the third consecutive quarter, despite difficult conditions for the financial services sector, according to the latest survey from the CBI/PwC.

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