The platform paper published by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) this week is set to change the landscape of the platform industry in the UK, but what were the main points?

An analysis of changes in Google query volume for search terms related to finance reveals patterns that could be interpreted as early-warning signs of stock market moves.

An ultra-bearish US hedge fund manager shorted gold a year ago, when it was still in favour with most investors, and thinks the price of the metal is on track for a multi-year drop.

Martin Brookes, one of the named managers running Prudential's huge with-profits fund, has left the firm after more than a decade.

Bond managers have been steadily increasing the use of credit default swaps (CDS) in their portfolios as liquidity issues which emerged in the corporate bond space last year continue to plague the sector.

A leading emerging markets specialist has said China remains a compelling investment proposition, despite the slowing growth in the region.

Chris Bowie has taken bank exposure to its lowest ever level in his £285m Ignis Corporate Bond fund amid growing fears bondholders will be wiped out if there is another crisis.

Fund managers are starting to buy back into UK-listed large-cap miners, seeing valuations as too good to refuse as wider sentiment on the sector hits a "decade low".

The FTSE 100 continued to recover today as banks lifted the index higher on signs that some of the instability in Europe is coming to an end.

Rathbones' head of multi-asset investments is hedging portfolios against a market fall as the US recovery looks set to bring an end to quantitative easing.