UK

UK equities have been surprisingly resilient this year, with the FTSE 100 and the FTSE All-Share each posting gains in the face of a raft of macroeconomic uncertainties.

The IMA's latest sales figures show investors are returning to risk assets, as net retail sales of equities outstripped fixed income funds for the first time in a year.

PF Advisors has launched a closed-ended property portfolio targeting a 7% annual yield over the course of its three-year life.

If you pore over past performance figures, you will be told that long-term investment in shares works.

Top UK equity income managers have been cutting their weighting in tobacco stocks as concerns over earnings momentum and new rules on plain packaging put pressure on share prices.

John Shepherd, head of UK retail discretionary sales at UBS Global Asset Management, has resigned from the firm.

UK GDP rose by 1% in the third quarter of 2012, bringing the UK out of recession with first positive quarter of growth this year and beating analyst forecasts of a 0.6% rise.

Prime Minister David Cameron has been accused of revealing that tomorrow's GDP figure will meet positive expectations, in an apparent slip-up that could have breached the embargo on the official data.

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