BP group chief executive Bob Dudley is expecting oil to remain at current low levels for up to three years, leading to job losses and falling investment in the oil sector.
Eagle Asset management's US equities manager Ed Cowart has called on investors to not ditch energy stocks, after the price of Brent crude oil plunged towards a six-year low.
Old Mutual Global Investors' head of equities Richard Buxton has said he is 'deeply sceptical' of the impact quantitative easing will have on the eurozone.
M&G has written to investors in its £9.5bn Global Dividend fund and acknowledged "there may well have been some complacency" around underperforming stocks in 2014.
The World Bank has cut its global growth forecast, warning the US alone cannot drive an economic recovery.
Figures released this morning by the Office for National Statistics showed UK CPI inflation fell to a surprise 0.5% in December, the lowest level since May 2000. We round up the reaction from leading investors and economists.
Global growth managers predict the rally in airlines can continue into 2015 and beyond as a falling oil price provides a new fillip for the sector.
The price of a barrel of Brent crude oil has dropped to below $46 in early trading, a fresh six-year low, as the commodity's collapse showed no sign of slowing down.
The eurozone slid into deflationary territory in December for the first time in five years, according to preliminary figures released today.