Markets

London's financial sector will slash 13,000 jobs next year, and bring job levels to a 20-year low in 2014, according to a forecast study.

Aviva Investors' Andrew Lake is set to join Mirabaud Asset Management in the new year.

Lloyds' potential sale of its St James's Place (SJP) stake could be a landmark moment for the bank but the outlook for the wealth manager is less clear, according to investors and analysts.

An alleged rogue trade in US technology giant Apple's shares has left a US brokerage fighting for survival.

Tim Drayson, economist at Legal & General Investment Management, reviews the recent pledges of the world's largest central banks and their potential impact on the "great muddling through"

THE BIQ QUESTION

A "post, post-industrial society" is helping businesses adapt to an environment of low growth and distressed global trade, according to Nigel Thomas, manager of the £3.2bn AXA Framlington UK Select Opportunities fund.

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee is expected to vote against pumping more money into the economy when it meets this week, despite previous forecasts of a further £50bn injection.

SPECIAL REPORT

The US added 171,000 jobs in October, a higher-than-expected figure that suggests the country's economic recovery remains on track.