Commodities

Gold miners to shine again?

Mining giant Rio Tinto has rebuffed a takeover bid from rival Glencore in August which would have created the world's largest listed mining group.

Fracking hit the headlines recently when the UK government gave the go-ahead to a major expansion plan which will see firms bid for onshore oil and gas licences, but will it have the same success as it did in the US?

J.P. Morgan Asset Management's Neil Gregson is backing a pair of oil producers in Iraqi Kurdistan as a contrarian buying opportunity.

For several years investors have looked at energy stocks through the spectrum of the US shale gas revolution. But the ISIS insurgency threatening Iraq is providing a reminder that oil security is a real concern, explains Guinness Global Energy manager...

Tensions in Iraq prompted a spike in the oil price last month, but UK equity managers are torn over whether ‘supermajors' BP and Shell are the best way to play rising prices.

Silver and gold: ‘Bombed out’ and uniquely cheap?

Barclays is to announce the creation of a 'bad bank' next week with the aim to transforming its struggling investment banking arm, according to reports.

Sarasin has scrapped the performance fee and reduced the annual management charges on its AgriSar fund as it prepares to rename the vehicle.

BlackRock has cut the annual management charge (AMC) on its Natural Resources Growth & Income fund after a review of its pricing.