Investment

The government's privatisation of the Royal Mail was underpriced by £180m, a report commissioned by Business Secretary Vince Cable has suggested.

The UK government is to sell another tranche of shares in Lloyds Banking Group as it moves to return the bank to private ownership.

The plummeting oil price and tumbling ruble have shaken up investors at the end of 2014, but investors still have plenty to look forward to in 2015, according to Brewin Dolphin.

Much of the oil in the ground may never be burned, if the world's temperature continues to rise. What effect will this have on traditional oil and gas players, and where else can investors look?

Managers have been grappling with the strong pound this year, as UK companies with overseas earnings have been hindered by currency strength. But that headwind will turn in to a tailwind in 2015, OMGI's Stephen Message predicts.

The Federal Reserve may have to resort to an 'aggressive' rate hike as a consequence of stalling the decision for too long, according to Schroders' Strategic Bond fund manager Gareth Isaac.

With currency moves increasingly dominating financial headlines, Tilney Bestinvest's CIO has predicted hedging, not asset allocation, will be the key differentiator for investor returns next year.

Allianz Global Investors has opened several flagship strategies to UK retail investors with the addition of a new sterling clean share class.

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has secured almost all of the disputed tax due from the first group of tax avoidance scheme users to receive Accelerated Payment notices.

Dr Nicholas Motson (pictured), a lecturer in finance at the Cass Business School, has called for greater disclosure of fund holdings in order to allow researchers to calculate retail funds' "active share".