Fourth quarter eurozone GDP has come in fractionally ahead of expectations but the 0.3% drop will do little to dismiss predictions of a new recession.

Allianz Global Investors is to rename its onshore and offshore fund ranges in a move which will see it scrap the RCM brand it acquired a decade ago.

CPI inflation dropped from 4.2% to 3.6% In January, according to the Office for National Statistics, as 2011's VAT rise comes out of the year-on-year numbers.

Although many thought the era of the big mining mergers was over, some believe newly-formed GlenStrata could have its sights on Anglo-American.

Top managers spy high yield opportunities as European Central Bank's liquidity injections transform banks' refinancing operations.

Société Générale global strategist Albert Edwards has said Bank of England governor Mervyn King and former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan should be stripped of their knighthoods in light of the same fate befalling Fred Goodwin.

Coping with market volatility has become a pressing need for US equity managers since the start of the financial crisis, but which companies have proved themselves capable of riding out the storm?

STAYING ALIVE?

Colin Harte, co-manager of the Barings Global Bond Trust, has left the company after 12 years of service.

Francis Brooke, manager of the £428m Troy Trojan Income fund, has initiated a position in Aberdeen Asset Management as he believes the company is transforming itself into a "cashflow machine".