Spanish boutique asset manager March Gestión de Fondos (MFG) has gained FSA approval to distribute its three flagship funds to the UK market.

Weaker than expected economic data from China has caused a sell-off in risk assets, especially commodities.

UK equity manager James Clunie has left his role at Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) to join Jupiter Asset Management.

Former top drugs adviser to the government David Nutt has made a controversial claim that the financial crisis was caused by bankers' habitual use of cocaine, the Telegraph reports.

Japanese equity managers are betting on the domestic consumption theme following the Bank of Japan's aggressive move earlier this month to avert deflation and stimulate the flagging economy.

Goldman Sachs expects strong returns from equities to continue in the next three years, led by the Asia ex Japan region.

Investec Asset Management has warned investors it is being targeted by fraudsters in a boiler room scam.

Investors have shown more interest in emerging market funds than any other asset class in Q1, according to Morningstar.

Tullett Prebon's chief executive Terry Smith wrote a letter to the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) back in 2010 to question the rate setting process, but was ignored, the Telegraph reports.

Global markets soared on Wednesday after the US Federal Reserve inadvertently released minutes from its latest policy meeting five hours earlier than planned.