The Chancellor of the Exchequer has warned Scotland it will lose the pound if it votes to become independent from the rest of the UK.
Former Financial Services Authority (FSA) chairman Lord Turner has warned that the UK has failed to rebalance its economy and is simply repeating the errors made in the run-up to the 2007/8 financial crisis.
Multi-asset managers have been hiking their cash weightings after a rocky start to the year for global equity markets.
Some of the UK's leading fund groups are understood to be holding talks about their relationships with intermediaries and other partners following the release of new FCA rules.
The UK economy is set to grow by 2.5% this year and 2.1% in 2015, the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR) has predicted.
Corporate bond managers have begun to shy away from participating in deals dominated by some of their larger peers as market liquidity continues to contract.