HSBC Global Asset Management has appointed high yield specialist Mary Bowers to its global fixed income team.

Brewin Dolphin group head of research Matthew Butcher has left the group after nine years, Investment Week understands.

A Labour Party proposal to re-introduce Stamp Duty Reserve Tax (SDRT) for funds would cost retail investors £145m a year, the Investment Management Association (IMA) has claimed.

Verizon Communications is expected to come to market tomorrow with the largest ever corporate bond sale, which will aim to raise $20bn.

Neil Staines, head of trading for the ECU Group, assesses the impact of recent global policies on currency markets.

Barcelona footballer Lionel Messi and his father Jorge have paid €5m to Spanish authorities after they were accused of filing inaccurate tax returns, according to reports.

European financials are among the day's biggest fallers as benchmark French and German indices struggle amid intensifying geopolitical concerns.

Sven-Goran Eriksson, the former England football manager, has hit out at the adviser who he claims cost him £10m, labeling him the "only person on earth I hate."

ING IM's strategist Koen Straetmans reviews the commodities market, looking at recent performance and flows in the asset class, and the risks it faces.

Threadneedle has announced the shortlist for the sixth annual Threadneedle Prize, a competition for figurative and representational painting and sculpture.