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UK consumer price inflation has fallen to a 15-year low of just 0.5%, driven by plunging oil prices.

Liontrust increased its retail assets under management (AUM) to more than £3bn and total AUM to over £4bn in the final three months of 2014.

The government will fail to deliver planned spending cuts within the next Parliament and interest rate rises are off the table until summer at least, according to a survey of economists.

UK GDP is confirmed to have risen 0.7% in Q3 - but the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has revised down a string of recent annualised growth figures.

Matthew Tillett from Allianz explains why he has been buying oil majors on weakness and taking advantage of illiquidity.

Managers have been grappling with the strong pound this year, as UK companies with overseas earnings have been hindered by currency strength. But that headwind will turn in to a tailwind in 2015, OMGI's Stephen Message predicts.

UK unemployment fell by 63,000 to 1.96 million in the three months to October, while wage growth picked up, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

Allianz Global Investors has opened several flagship strategies to UK retail investors with the addition of a new sterling clean share class.

Neptune's CEO Robin Geffen is refraining from holding any UK equities within his global portfolios due to risks surrounding the upcoming general election.

As people live longer than ever before and traditional sources of income fail to yield enough for lengthy retirement periods, choosing the correct income source is becoming essential.