Markets

Guy Monson, CIO of Sarasin & Partners, has outlined a number of key risks which could impact rising global equity markets as we head into 2014, amid the well-flagged move by the US central bank to wind down QE.

The tapering of bond purchases in the US will not lead to interest rate rises, and could in fact prolong record low rates, M&G's Richard Woolnough has said.

Better-than-expected data from China and the Eurozone helped the FTSE 100 rebound from a three-day sell-off that saw the index hit a six-week low earlier this week.

Specialist investment manager Hargreave Hale has poached Jean Roche from Panmure Gordon in a move to strengthen its fund management team.

Wealth managers are becoming increasingly concerned about allocating towards the Neptune Income fund, amid Hargreaves Lansdown's decision to remove the fund from its Wealth 150 list earlier this week.

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Ignis Asset Management is preparing to expand its product range as it reports profits for the first half of the year were unchanged from H1 2012.

Federal Reserve officials are united in their support for tapering bond purchases but split on the precise date of the move, according to the minutes of its latest rate setting meeting.

Accounting firm Baker Tilly has confirmed it will not make an offer for RSM Tenon Group.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has reached an agreement with insurance provider Card Protection Plan (CPP) and 13 high street banks and credit card issuers which will result in a £1.3bn redress scheme for people mis-sold CPP's Card Protection and...