Economics

Standard & Poor's(S&P) has cut Spain's credit rating two notches to BBB+ and warned of more economic pain to come.

Investec Asset Management's energy fund managers, Mark Lacey and Jonathan Waghorn, are leaving the firm to join a physical commodities trader.

Developed market shares were fleeting between positive and negative territory this afternoon as US jobs data disappointed and investor confidence in the eurozone weakened.

Britain's fall back into recession will drag on until June at the earliest and condemn the country to another lost year, economists have warned.

MAM Funds' Martin Gray (pictured) and James Sullivan, managers of the Miton Special Situations and Strategic portfolios, analyse key events in economies and markets in the first quarter of the year, and the outlook for a range of asset classes

Britain's most expensive stamp, a 'plate 77 Penny Red', has been sold for £550,000 to a private client seeking portfolio diversification.

Chancellor George Osborne has ruled out easing his debt reduction plan despite yesterday's news the UK has plunged back into recession.

Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke has signalled the end of QE in the US, saying it would be "reckless" to pump further stimulus into the economy unless it sees a sharp deterioration.

Apple shares leapt as trading began on Wall Street today after it reported yesterday that profits had almost doubled in a single quarter.

Australia is offering better opportunities than Asia for income investors, according to Jason Pidcock, manager of the £1.8bn Newton Asian Income fund.