Equities

Mark Williams, manager of the Liontrust Asia Income fund, assesses two major events in China which coincided with the fund's second anniversary last week.

The US economy added 175,000 jobs in February, ahead of estimates and confounding fears that continued bad weather would hurt the employment recovery.

The president of the European Central Bank (ECB) has said the currency crisis in Ukraine could have serious and long-lasting implications for the European energy market.

The "improper" allocation of trades in fixed income securities by two former employees cost Aviva Investors some £132m, it has announced.

Schroders today said profits at its wealth management business had rebounded sharply following the takeover of Cazenove in July, while asset management profits also jumped as the business moved on from the loss of star manager Richard Buxton.

Lloyds Banking Group has said it intends to pay its chief executive £4.9m in 2014, as well as paying some staff bonuses worth double their annual salaries.

Today is the fifth anniversary of the Bank of England's historic rate cut to 0.5%, with income stocks having enjoyed huge inflows following aggressive monetary policy, but which still look attractive?

Russian equities have been on a roller-coaster ride this week amid the country's stand-off with Ukraine. But which funds are most exposed?

Fund buyers are increasing their exposure to absolute return equity funds to take advantage of sharp falls by companies which miss earnings estimates.

Russian shares dropped to a five-year low yesterday, weighing on global markets, while the gold price jumped as the Ukraine crisis intensified.