Yahoo! shares look set to rise when Wall Street opens today following the resignation of co-founder Jerry Yang.
Neptune's Felix Wintle has been adding to national and regional banks in his £464m US Opportunities fund, cutting technology and energy stocks after a strong run.
US stocks climbed overnight on upbeat economic data and a successful Spanish bond auction, lifting investor hopes of the fabled year-end 'Santa Claus rally'.
Barclays was among six global banking groups to be downgraded by Fitch last night, with the ratings agency pointing to challenging financial markets.
Baring Asset Management has hired Matthew Whitbread to work on the multi-asset team in Boston.