Markets

The Bank of England may have to resort to the interest rate cut that Governor Mark Carney alluded to in his Inflation Report speech this morning, according to some market watchers.

Lazard is planning to merge Lloyd Whitworth and Alan Custis' £80m UK Alpha fund into its smaller UK Omega fund, subject to shareholder approval.

The Bank of England has said it is prepared to cut rates further and expand its quantitative easing programme should the current downward slide in inflation worsen materially.

Jupiter Asset Management is at a "crossroads" and its profit growth may be at an artificially high level, according to Franklin Templeton's Paul Spencer.

The mega-cap income payers have been battered recently, so should investors be seeking out the small but beautiful divi-payers? Unicorn's Simon Moon explains why.

'No investment case for oil majors'

Neptune is replacing the outgoing manager of the £66m UK Opportunities fund with its head of UK equities Mark Martin as it continues to restructure its fund range.

THE BIG QUESTION

Greece's new left-wing government is pushing for a revision of its EU bailout terms, drawing up a new 10-point plan to replace the existing deal.

'Normal' financial markets are unpredictable, so this 'blind faith' in central banks is odd, argues Paul Stephany, portfolio manager at Newton Investment Management.