UK

Manager plays yield curve and looks for ‘dull' core holdings in long-standing fund.

Outspoken investor Jim Rogers this week gave his forecast for the gold price, while Goldman Sachs analysts outlined their six key trades for 2012.

The government has confirmed the credit crunch which plagued markets in 2008 has returned.

Ratings agency Fitch has said the updated fiscal and economic projections from the UK's Office for Budget Responsibility mark a "significant deterioration" in prospects.

Chancellor George Osborne has slashed his growth forecast for the next few years but says the UK is unlikely to slide into recession.

Warren Buffett famously said in early 2002 ‘you only find out who is swimming naked when the tide goes out'.

George Osborne is expected to crackdown on tax avoidance by the wealthy and support commuters, motorists and small businesses in this week's Autumn Statement, acording to reports.

Shares in beleaguered travel operator Thomas Cook have jumped 66% after it reached an agreement with its creditors to give it new access to funding, the BBC reports.

Jim Cox, the former head of UK equities at Schroders who mentored many UK equity managers over the last 30 years, has died.

Manager of £173m UK Alpha trust uses barbell approach to find unloved value and growth ideas against volatile backdrop and macro headwinds.