Markets

Hargreaves Lansdown has moved to officially challenge HMRC's decision to impose a tax on platform rebates paid to consumers, after the revenue's move to introduce the tax earlier this year.

Iain Fulton, manager of the SWIP Global fund, has revealed the stocks driving his portfolio's performance over the last 12 months.

Walker Crips Group has made £6.6m after crystallising convertible loan stock issued to it as part of Liontrust's 2012 acquisition of its asset management arm.

BlackRock's veteran equity investor Richard Plackett has outlined three key areas of opportunity which could benefit small and mid caps, against a backdrop of improving economic growth.

The economy is "turning a corner", Chancellor George Osborne is expected to say in an upbeat speech later today.

Asian stocks have soared, led by Japan's Nikkei, as investor confidence was boosted by Tokyo winning the race to host the 2020 Olympics.

Invesco Perpetual's Neil Woodford is a longtime backer and major shareholder in some of the largest dividend paying stocks in the UK market.

Markets climbed this afternoon following a worse-than-expected jobs update in the US, as investors anticipate the Fed will now have to delay QE tapering.

Nigel Thomas, manager of AXA Framlington's £4.4bn UK Select Opportunities fund, has won the Outstanding Fund Manager award from Morningstar OBSR.

Neil Staines, head of trading for the ECU Group, assesses the impact of recent global policies on currency markets.