Economics

Three reasons to 'put capital preservation above greed'

Election, sterling, and Alliance Trust troubles

Artemis' Mark Tyndall is stepping aside from his post as senior partner, moving into a non-executive role on 31 December 2015, as John Dodd becomes the group's chairman.

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Tesco shares have sunk 5% this afternoon as investors took an increasingly dim view of its £6.4bn full year loss.

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee has become less concerned with deflation risks, according to it latest minutes, despite CPI inflation dropping to 0%.

A UK futures trader has been accused by US authorities of contributing to the 2010 'flash crash' which saw the Dow Jones plunge 600 points in five minutes.

Tesco has reported a worse than expected full-year loss of £6.4bn, after £7bn in one-off charges arising from a "very difficult" 2014 dragged it into the red.

Henderson Global Investors' chief executive Andrew Formica has warned the UK's credit rating could be put at risk by a Labour triumph at next month's general election.

The FTSE 100 index moved back above 7,000 this morning after the Chinese central bank announced stimulus measures to prop up its economy.