London Stock Exchange

The London Stock Exchange's new electronic Order book for Retail Bonds has gone live with companies including Tesco and BT taking part.

Newly appointed CEO Nils Bolmstrand tells Caroline Allen how he aims to sharpen and develop the role of Skandia Investment Group

For investment trusts, 2009 has not been without its excitement. Volatile discounts have made life very difficult; the flight to quality was swiftly followed by the dash to trash as investors switched to more exotic investments

With luck, and some global co-ordination, Dubai will be able to recover from the fallout of the past few weeks

Trading on the London Stock Exchange (LSE) was brought to a standstill for more than three hours this afternoon as a result of a technical glitch.

Of course, last week's Queen's Speech was an electioneering one and you cannot blame old Gordon for having a go. It is always better to get HRH to deliver your ideas in person when you have such dodgy handwriting and spelling!

HSBC Infrastructure Company (HICL) is to undertake a C class share issue to pay down debt and pursue new opportunities.

Banks and financial services companies are proving to be perfect fodder for special situations managers who must stick to their convictions even when sentiment is driving markets down

When there are significant changes in dividend trends, it is important to understand the practices FTSE applies to determine the annual dividend of a share following a declared interim dividend

With no apparent likelihood of moving to an exchange-traded system, the main problem with bond fund performance figures is the need to improve disclosures