Equities

From beer to private equity, and cognac to cloud computing, Sanlam's global head of equities Pieter Fourie speaks to Annabelle Williams about his top stock picks across a broad universe.

Vodafone is to invest an extra £1bn to improve its mobile network as it points to tough trading conditions in the first half of the year.

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Sales of equity funds are on track to reach their highest level since 2000, with net sales of £8bn in the first nine months of 2013.

Telecoms giant BT has won the rights to exclusively screen all the live Champions League and Europa League matches after a fierce bidding war against rival Sky.

Shell and HSBC are favourite ideas in £2.7bn Investec fund as gains lag wider market.

Aviva has reported new business growth of 5% in its core UK life operation for the first nine months of 2013, as the group continues its transformation following a difficult period in which its share price fell and an investor revolt led to the departure...

Schroders has moved to hard close Paul Marriage's popular long/short Cazenove Absolute UK Dynamic fund in order to preserve performance.

3i Group has sold its stake in Bestinvest to private equity firm Permira for an undisclosed sum.

Smaller companies fund favourite Moneysupermarket.com rose 16% in morning trading after announcing better-than-expected results.