UK

The consensus view for the UK's economic outlook in recent months has been that while the worst was over, progress would be slow and consumers were in line to struggle in 2010 burdened with high unemployment and rising taxes.

GLG Partners has appointed Sir John Gieve, the former deputy governor of the Bank of England, as senior adviser.

BlackRock has completed its merger with Barclays Global Investors.

Increasing optimism over the future direction of the economy helped propel the UK equity market to a record quarter.

Tom Ewing, manager of Fidelity's UK Growth fund, takes a defensive approach to investing post credit crunch and economic downturn

The dramatic turnaround in the fortunes of the UK equity market during the past eight months or so has led many investors to wonder how much further the rally can run, how likely a short-term correction is and how they should be positioning portfolios...

Ben Russon uses Newton's thematic approach to find UK stocks to add value to his fund, unconstrained by index weightings, sector or size

J.P. Morgan Asset Management, BlackRock, Fortis, Friends Provident and Santander Asset Management are among this year's 16 Gold Standard Award winners.

F&C's UK market strategist, Ted Scott, says oil majors will be supported by a number of factors next year, including secure dividends and strong oil prices.

The departure of star managers Jeremy Lang and William Pattisson in April has impacted on Liontrust Asset Management's profits, which fell to just £0.5m for the six months to 30 September, down from £6.1m for same period in 2008.