The expression ‘conflicts of interest' is very much used in financial services and the discussion about what it actually constitutes is gathering momentum.

HOW TO PLAY THE MIDDLE EAST CRISIS

The recent judgement by the Financial Ombudsman against Meteor may have just looked like yet another ruling against another structured investments provider related to Lehman, but the potential consequences of the ruling could be far wider reaching.

SHOULD YOU FLEE EMs?

COCO MARKET SET FOR RAPID GROWTH

VCT group Albion Ventures has reshaped its sector allocation, tripling environmental holdings and almost doubling healthcare stocks.

The Financial Times columnist Samuel Brittan wrote recently about the current obsession with reviving old economists' work to look for contemporary lessons.

WHEN SHOULD INTEREST RATES GO UP?

Ben Lord, co-manager of the M&G UK Inflation Linked Corporate Bond fund discusses this week's inflation figures and the impact of interest rate hikes.

The investment trust industry, in some corners, finds itself in one of the periods of attacks it seems to face every couple of years. Many generalist trusts are relatively easy prey for so-called arbitrageurs.