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Japanese equity funds have seen the largest even outflows in US dollar terms as investors rushed for safe-haven cash, latest data from Bank of America Merrill Lynch reveals.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch is close to agreeing a $16bn-$17bn settlement over its handling of mortgage-backed securities in the run up to the financial crisis, according to reports.

Managers have suggested growth stocks - many investors' favoured plays for a post-QE era - may struggle once the Fed slows its asset purchase programme.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch has named its top ten trades for this autumn as investors prepare for a tapering of QE in the US and a possible jump in interest rates.

Goldman Sachs, Visa and Nike are to join the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) index later this month in the largest shake-up for almost a decade.

Global fund managers have become significantly more confident on the outlook for growth, according to a survey by Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

UBS has become the largest global wealth manager after its assets under management soared in 2012, according to a survey from UK-based research firm Scorpio Partnership.

Online encyclopedia Wikipedia could be used to indicate future movements in the stock market, a new study has suggested.

Prolonged low inflation has sent commodities allocations among fund managers to a four-year low, according to a new survey.