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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.

Star manager Richard Buxton has listed seven key things he has learnt since starting his career in fund management.

Chancellor George Osborne has urged cabinet colleagues "not to get ahead of themselves" about the UK's economic recovery.

Update: Benchmark ten-year gilt yields have hit a fresh two-year high of over 3% after the Bank of England opted not to release further ‘forward guidance' earlier this afternoon.

The Bank of England (BoE)has elected to hold the base rate at 0.5% and maintain the size of its quantitative easing (QE) programme at £375bn.

Old Mutual Global Investors' Richard Buxton has warned five major trends could affect the global economy throughout September and October.