UK

The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has predicted interest rates will hit 1% by the end of this year despite the lacklustre economic recovery.

In its renaming of the Managed sectors, the IMA said it talked to all the interested parties. The trouble is, it missed out the most important - investors.

F&C Thames River is to streamline its UK fund range next month by merging two of its UK equity funds into larger offerings.

Threadneedle's Simon Brazier said UK equities are set to rise 17% in 2011 as favourable policies from government and reasonable valuations leave plenty of upside for shares.

Financials still under pressure from unfinished business in the eurozone and the threat of downgrade for banks

The UK economy faces a choppy ride for the rest of 2011 and may be in for a tough few years, though without falling back into recession.

ON UK GROWTH

Focus on small-cap dividend payers delivers for Chelverton.

One of the neglected figures from the UK government's last Budget book is the figure for total borrowing between 2010 and 2015.

The debate about how quantifiable the skill of active managers is has been reignited again by research from Inalytics, the specialist manager evaluation firm, which concludes fund managers with no significant skill in stockpicking have still been able...