While virtually anonymous to the UK market before its SGAM takeover, Pierre Lagrange's GLG is letting its performance do the talking

So as I said a couple of weeks ago I have just finished reading Peter Hargreaves' book In for a Penny about the rise and rise of Hargreaves Lansdown.

As 2009 has progressed, I have become increasingly confident about the positive direction of European equity markets.

Harvey's decision to reject subordinated high-yield bonds has lifted performance

It was not that long ago I found myself writing for this column and since then it feels like markets have been running on slick tyres in the wet; in other words, working quite hard without much progress, and conditions proving to be quite dangerous and...

One step forward, half a step back. This is how we anticipate the rhythm the UK economy will be into 2010.

Equity markets in the second quarter bounced in response to the unprecedented policy actions around the globe.

In difficult market conditions, many investors turn to gold as psychologically it is perceived as ‘safe'.

The strong Wall Street rally between March and May reflected relief among investors that the official policy response to the crisis had prevented a repeat of the Great Depression.

Current climate of low interest rates beneficial as all but one of 60 funds in UK Smaller Companies peer group post gains over six months