Gold is entering a new era. In the past gold has been thought of primarily as a safe haven, but now it is recognised as a preserver of wealth by both institutional and private investors, relevant whatever the economic weather.

Positive net retail sales over seven consecutive months show investors are shifting back towards sector

After unforeseen complications put the structured products sector on the ropes, eight retail providers have banded together proving the asset class was down but not out

Increasing optimism over the future direction of the economy helped propel the UK equity market to a record quarter.

While the rest of the developed world benefited from significant amounts of liquidity injected via Quantitative Easing (QE) programmes, Japan had a comparatively tight fiscal policy.

The news Anthony Bolton has emerged from his mentoring role at Fidelity and put himself firmly back on the frontline of investment management running a China fund for Fidelity has generated huge interest across our industry.

Tom Ewing, manager of Fidelity's UK Growth fund, takes a defensive approach to investing post credit crunch and economic downturn

Conviction is growing that a recovery is underway and equities have pushed further into new territory for the year.

With fiscal and monetary stimulus appearing from all directions, the US GDP hit a positive 3.5% in Q3 2009, most likely indicating the end of the recession.

Twelve months ago, in the aftermath of the collapse of Lehman Brothers, it looked as though the liquidity crunch could bring down the world's financial system.