China

Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba has raised $8bn (£5.1bn) in its first approach to the bond markets to raise capital.

It has been a volatile year for mid caps, with the FTSE 250 falling 6% between March and April. But F&C's £20m UK Mid-Cap fund has considerably outperformed over the past year, maintaining the return profile it has enjoyed over three and five years.

Mining stocks weighed on the FTSE 100 index on Thursday, as the latest economic data pointed to a slowdown in China and the eurozone.

Strong growth in e-commerce has justified lofty valuations of online firms in China recently, but Lombard Odier Asia equity portfolio manager, Zhikai Chen, explains why investors are better served in financials.

F&C’s Niven: ‘Investors are going to have to work harder to find attractive growth’

The Stock Connect programme linking Hong Kong's stock exchange to mainland Shanghai shares finally launched this week, after being postponed as a result of protests in Hong Kong.

How China’s Stock Connect will help global investors

Chinese data for October came in weaker than expected on Thursday, dragging down the mainland index, but Hong Kong shares have remained strong.

As China's economy continues to slow, the World Bank has warned Vietnam and South Korea could snap up more of China's share of the global export market. Annabelle Williams reports.

Simon Redmond, director at Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, and Stuart Elliott, director at Platts, tell Investment Week how the future of global oil supply will be impacted as geopolitical risk threatens oil producers, and the bounty of US shale oil...