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HSBC says sterling will weaken this year as it faces a "triple cocktail" of potentially destructive factors from China, the US and the eurozone.

The euro crisis is over, according to European Commission president José Manuel Barroso.

Global equity markets have eased back from last week's highs despite European financials rallying after regulators softened proposed new rules.

Psigma's chief investment officer Tom Becket outlines his five core investment themes for the next five years, with uncorrelated yield and emerging market growth featuring on his list of priorities.

Investec Asset Management has hired Argonaut head of distribution John Lester to its UK client group as it beginnings rolling out its RDR proposition.

The current equity rally is sustainable but investors should not forget the longer-term impact of inflationary policies , according to Jupiter CIO John Chatfeild-Roberts.

Charles Stanley has appointed Douglas McNeill as investment director for its new direct-to-client service, due to launch at the end of March.

Senior backbench MPs are being lobbied to set up a powerful US-style committee that would scrutinise the public finances as a whole and try to head off major fiscal disasters.

The Chancellor is on a collision course with bond markets over plans to change how inflation is calculated.