JP Morgan

Emerging market currencies have rallied strongly after a rough opening to the year. Globalisation, the structural driver for the asset class, continues.

The London-listed J.P. Morgan Private Equity has completed its latest round of fundraising, exceeding its target of $50m by $25m.

The Dow Jones has tumbled in early trading, down 0.65% on the back of data showing US companies cut more jobs last month than economists estimated.

The strong Wall Street rally between March and May reflected relief among investors that the official policy response to the crisis had prevented a repeat of the Great Depression.

In the Specialist sector, eye-popping gains in commodities have not benefited retail investors as much as expected. Perhaps better returns lie further off the bandwagon-beaten track

Seismic changes in the way the US tax authorities intend to tax the returns on American senior-citizen-based life settlement funds have caught many fund managers on the hop

Financials dominate the top spots on the Dow Jones this morning at the start of a week when a number of high profile earnings reports are due.

A move to riskier stocks earlier in the year has paid off for Threadneedle's Weldon

Global Bond managers nominated in last year's Fund Manager of the Year Awards continue to outperform despite tough sector conditions

London markets opened higher this morning, regaining some of Thursday's lost ground, with the FTSE 100 up 12.32 points (0.29%) to 4,246.59.