Markets

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.

Asian stocks jumped today as India installed a new central bank governor with ambitious plans to stabilise the falling rupee and support the banking sector.

The former chief executive of The Co-operative Bank yesterday accused his successors of taking their "eye off the ball" ahead of the lender's failed bid to buy more than 600 Lloyds branches, a move which deepened a £1.5bn capital hole in its accounts....