Equities

UBS could be hit with a record penalty by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) next week following the rogue trade which cost the bank $2.3bn.

Ex-UBS manager Lawrence Kemp has resurfaced at BlackRock's New York office, where he has been appointed as managing director and head of the firm's fundamental large-cap growth team.

Hopes were rising in Brussels that an unlikely deal with the UK over the EU's long-term budget was taking shape, although the chief negotiator was trying to resolve a deluge of last-minute complaints from other countries on the eve of what could be a...

Fund manager Gervais Williams says he manages his own finances because financial advisers are expensive and apt to confuse.

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Specialist fund group Ocean Dial Asset Management has launched the Gateway to India fund, which is a 30-35 stock portfolio focused on domestic growth companies.

Hewlett-Packard shares have fallen as much as 14% after it announced an $8.8bn writedown relating to its acquisition of Autonomy.

Investors have a number of instruments open to them as ways of protecting against inflation, but what are the most important questions when deciding which method to choose?

GLG's technology fund managers Philip Pearson and Anthony Burton have been adding substantially to their position in US giant Apple after a brutal sell-off recently saw it shed over 20% of its value.

The completion of the current leadership transition in China is key to China and the global economy and should bring relief to the Chinese equity markets.