Schroders Private Bank has highlighted the three areas of the market it expects to outperform this year, pointing to Japan, UK property, and commodities as potential winners.

Private bank and wealth manager C. Hoare & Co has shifted its asset allocation focus from the US to Europe for 2013 ahead of an expected boost for the single currency.

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A leading thinktank has urged the government to take drastic steps to stimulate economic growth in the UK, as another forecast a 50/50 chance of a triple-dip recession.

HMRC has released further guidance on the UK's plans to implement the FATCA tax regime, which begins next year.

Standard & Poor's has increased its rating of Greece's sovereign debt by six notches, after efforts by its eurozone neighbours to keep it in the currency union.

UBS is to pay out $1.5bn in fines after it admitted its role in fixing the interbank lending rate.

Kames Capital's fixed income portfolio manager Stephen Snowden explains the reasons behind the current liquidity crisis in the corporate bond market.

After a strong year for most asset markets in 2012, many commentators are pointing to a much leaner year in 2013.

Schroders has launched the offshore ISF EURO High Yield fund for Konstantin Leidman.