Credit rating agency Moody's may downgrade Lloyds Banking Group because of the sick leave taken by chief executive Antonio Horta-Osório, which could hold back the bank's restructuring plans.

Global markets received a much needed shot in the arm overnight as Italian prime minister Silvio Berlusconi's resignation offer reassured investors an end to the country's problems may be in sight.

A week of near farce in Greek politics has ended with a government of national unity accepting the previously arranged deal.

Two recent fund manager handovers have refocused our attention on firms' succession plans.

M&G global head of retail sales says industry is awash with mediocrity, which must be eradicated.

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway group lost more than $2bn on derivatives related to stock market performance in Q3.

German chancellor Angela Merkel has warned the eurozone faces another ten years of economic uncertainty as the G20 fails to agree how to bail out Greece.

Jim O'Neill, chairman of Goldman Sachs Asset Management, has warned the need for German-led fiscal integration in the eurozone would make it increasingly difficult for all countries to stay in the single currency.

The Greek debt crisis dominated our best-read chart this week as managers offered criticism and solutions.

Groupon, the online coupon group, raised $700m in its highly anticipated initial public offering on Thursday night, with the pricing at $20 a share valuing the group at $12.65bn.