The British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVCA) is holding talks with Treasury officials over the FSA's proposal to restrict VCT and EIS sales to sophisticated investors.

Four years on from the demise of Lehman Brothers the effects of the financial crisis are still being felt across the global economy, stunting GDP growth across both developed and emerging economies.

Jupiter Fund Management scooped diversified group of the year at S&P Capital IQ's 2012 fund awards last night.

Eclectica's Hugh Hendry has argued there is no longer any rationality behind owning gold mining equities, as the intervention of quantitative easing in 2009 has distorted valuations across the sector.

Specialist investment house Newscape Capital Group has launched a risk targeted, multi-asset fund, aiming to deliver double-digit returns.

Standard Life Investments (SLI) has launched an emerging market debt fund for new hire Richard House, who joined the firm in July from Threadneedle.

Investment veteran Warren Buffett expects US growth to continue "inching ahead" of its Western counterparts, despite the looming fiscal cliff putting the country at risk of slipping back into recession.

Henderson's investment management contract for its £286m Asian Growth trust is in jeopardy after the board announced it is undertaking a review of its investment management arrangements.

Marco van Bussel, co-manager of the top performing First State Global Property Securities fund, has left the firm.

Schroders' head of UK equities Richard Buxton says market timing has never been more essential, with the FTSE 100 set to remain stubbornly range-bound over the medium term.