The European Commission has published its draft directive on Alternative Investment Fund Managers (AIFM directive).

In life settlement funds, accurate valuation methodologies are needed to ensure fairness to all shareholders and to maintain sufficient liquidity

The markets have continued to move positively, driven in part by second-quarter results which have so far been relatively supportive.

Where do we see the FTSE 100 finishing this year?

Recent years have not been kind to the Japanese stock market.

A substantial credit rally has materialised in recent weeks. The additional yield over government bonds of sterling credit (non gilts) illustrates a substantial spike higher during the thick of the financial crisis in 2008, but also a rally from March...

When I was growing up the subject of ‘polarising' debates - hot button issues guaranteed to turn us into a steaming potage of rage - was largely reserved for flying saucers and curly wurlies.

Equity markets have clearly benefited from a dramatic shift in investor sentiment since early March - when the prevailing fear was that what had been a painful recession could escalate into an even more painful and longer-lasting depression.

Quantitative easing has been aggressively deployed in the UK and US for some months now. But will the effect be what was hoped?

In an industry that is replete with contrasting views, the current spectrum of opinion on the future shape of the economic and investment landscape is truly disparate.