UK

The FTSE 100 will rise over 70% and hit the 10,000 mark in the next decade, Invesco Perpetual's Martin Walker has predicted.

Prime Minister David Cameron has warned the UK is facing an "hour of reckoning" in his speech to the Conservative Party conference.

Richard Colwell, manager of the Threadneedle UK Equity Income fund, discusses the current state of the UK market and the outlook for the next 12 months.

Concentration risk in the UK equity income sector is a well-versed issue, but how can wealth managers find a way around the problem? Katie Holliday reports.

Stephen Docherty, manager of the Aberdeen World Growth and Income fund, reveals how he is currently positioning his portfolio.

WEALTH MANAGERS

Investec's stockpicking veteran Alastair Mundy has bought into Royal Bank of Scotland after a change of sentiment towards elements of the UK's beaten-up banking sector.

The UK's trade deficit more than doubled in August as imports of goods outstripped a small uptick in services exports.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has cut its forecast for the UK economy, now warning it faces a hefty contraction this year, as part of a downgrade of most nations globally.

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