Economics

GAM's Charles Hepworth expects the market falls seen earlier this month to spur an end-of-year rally, making up the losses suffered by equity investors.

Leading fund managers have become more cautious about their expectations for interest rate hikes, with many now expecting any movement in base rates to be postponed until at least 2016.

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The share price of Standard Chartered plummeted this morning after the bank announced a 16% drop in operating profit in the third quarter.

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UK GDP growth stood at 0.7% in the third quarter, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS), down from 0.9% in Q2 but in line with economists' expectations.

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Mohamed El-Erian, the former PIMCO chief executive who famously quit the firm after falling out with founder Bill Gross, has invested in the peer-to-peer lending industry.

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee remained split 7-2 against raising interest rates this month but took a gloomier view of the country's economic prospects.

The S&P 500 has risen by 2% overnight as US stocks continue to rally from the lows sustained last week.