John Peta has joined Threadneedle to head its emerging market debt team alongside Henry Stipp, and the group has made three other hires on its fixed income team.

Twenty-five years ago to this month, financial markets across the world went into freefall on a day that has come to be known as ‘Black Monday'.

BLACK MONDAY

BLACK MONDAY

The insurance arm of Royal Bank of Scotland begins trading today in the largest London listing of 2012.

The UK is out of recession and had its strongest quarter in two years over the three months to September, according to NIESR.

Offshore tax havens Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man are working towards an agreement with the US government on FATCA, the incoming regime to prevent tax evasion.

Monday 19 October, 1987, is known as 'Black Monday' after stock markets worldwide plummeted in a single day.

London's leading index lost ground in morning trading as investors braced for a round of woeful reports from the third quarter earnings season.

Invesco Perpetual's co-head of fixed income Paul Read has told investors he would cap the £5.7bn Corporate Bond fund if large inflows combined with low liquidity in the market caused performance to suffer.