Lloyds Banking Group reported a loss for the full year to December 2012, much lower than the heavy losses seen the previous year, as reports suggest the UK government is gearing up to sell its stake in the bank.

The trader suspended from GLG amid an FSA insider dealing probe worked on co-founder Pierre Lagrange's European long/short fund, Investment Week can reveal.

Mirabaud Asset Management's head of convertible bond management, Renaud Martin, outlines a guide to navigating an interesting area of the bond market which has historically been little understood by investors.

UK GDP contracted 0.3% in the last quarter of 2012, according the second reading of the data.

Henderson Global Investors saw underlying profits fall 8% last year as it struggled in a challenging sales environment and moved to streamline its business.

The Bank of England's deputy governor Paul Tucker has raised the prospect of introducing negative interest rates to boost lending and support the UK economy.

Schroders has reopened its US mid-cap strategy to new investment after two years of closure.

Moody's has stripped the UK of its AAA credit rating on fears over rising government debt and years of slow economic growth ahead.

BlackRock has appointed Nigel Bolton as chief investment officer for the EMEA and Asia regions.

Miton's managing director Gervais Williams is to take over the management of the Henderson Fledgling investment trust he ran for almost a decade at Gartmore, ahead of a planned merger with his £127m Diverse Income trust.