Markets

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is in talks to buy aerospace manufacturer Precision Castparts, which would mark its biggest ever acquisition.

Mirabaud Asset Management has poached James Southern from Sanlam FOUR to work in the newly-created role of sales director.

Financial markets are "ripe for major decline" next year, according to a fund manager who forecast the dotcom bubble and 2008's global credit crisis.

We are not awash with great books about the industry we work in, so any new ones are always worth a look.

The news the government and the FCA are to launch a major review into consumer access to financial advice has been widely welcomed.

The growth of financial services technology - 'fintech' - has changed the advice process irreversibly, but where does it leave the adviser?

Fund managers and economists have reacted to the surprise news that only one MPC member voted for a rate rise this month, saying the UK economy is 'not out of the woods yet'.

Ugo Lancioni, head of global currency at Neuberger Berman, takes a closer look at some of the consensus currency positions of last year, and asks if they are still compelling.

In its latest quarterly Inflation Report, the Bank of England has forecast inflation will remain low for longer than previously expected, as a result of weak energy prices and continuing currency strength.