Former BlackRock fund manager Graham Birch has been appointed non-executive director of mining company Petropavlosk.

Investors should be braced for a further European equities sell-off, Cazenove's Chris Rice says.

Financials and British Airways pushed the FTSE slightly higher this morning.

Hedge funds are not to blame for recent blow-outs in the spreads on Greek bonds, new research suggests.

SVM Asset Management's managing director Colin McLean has questioned whether banks should be paying out large bonuses again.

Bond fund managers forecast a bleak future for the UK as the markets continue punishing Greece for its debt problems.

The Newton Cautious Managed fund will waive its initial charge until the end of May, following a move to the IMA Cautious Managed sector under new manager Simon Nichols.

Liontrust reported assets fell by about 8% to £1.2bn in the final quarter of last year.

UK insurer Standard Life leads the gains this morning despite reporting a fall in life and pensions sales in 2009.

Fixed income managers expect a deal to support Greece to be struck by Monday as concerns about its debt problems spill dangerously across the continent.