Miners are leading the FTSE 100 higher this morning, as Barclays announced a near £3bn pre-tax profit for the first half of 2009.

Iveagh, the Guinness family office and private investment house, is to move its Iveagh Wealth fund to daily dealing with effect from 1 August 2009.

Financial Express is launching a new version of its online Analytics research and analysis service.

Liontrust has recruited Ross Hollyman's three-strong team from GAM to assist in establishing the boutique's global equities arm.

The FTSE 100 has opened on a positive note this morning after strong performance in the US yesterday.

Estonia should be a prime focus for emerging market investors for 2009, says Hadley Barrett, CEO of Oxford Sustainable Group.

Financials dominate the top spots on the Dow Jones this morning at the start of a week when a number of high profile earnings reports are due.

The Investment Management Association has welcomed new Europe-wide money market fund definitions from the European Fund and Asset Management Association (EFAMA).

Global equity markets continued to slide last month declining 0.58%, according to Standard & Poor's The World by Numbers monthly report.

Strengthening global money supply and increasing activity are positive signs but real economic risks persist warns Henderson's Simon Ward.