Shinzo Abe's Liberal Democratic party has swept to victory again in the snap Japanese election held over the weekend.

James Henderson has added a small stake in Tesco to his Lowland investment trust, after shares plunged 15% following the supermarket's third profit warning in four months.

Signia Wealth's CEO and co-founder Nathalie Dauriac-Stoebe has resigned, following a string of departures from the group.

Acknowledging that the forecasting consensus has missed many of the big stories of recent years, analysts at HSBC have attempted to outline the biggest potential risks for investors in 2015.

The Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) has warned major cuts to public services will be needed to finance the measures announced in the Autumn Statement.

Chancellor George Osborne announced a raft of fiscal changes today in the final Autumn Statement of the current parliament.

The actions of an increasingly desperate Russia could force the US to keep interest rates on hold and define the investment agenda next year, according to Jason Pidcock, manager of the £5bn Newton Asia Income fund.

Aviva Investors has launched an income-focused multi-strategy fund, the second in its range of multi-asset products to rival GARS.

Architas has launched a fund of funds designed to offer investors exposure to alternative asset classes such as infrastructure and forestry.

Oliver Leyland has joined Hermes Investment Management as a Latin America specialist as the fund house expands its emerging markets team.