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Some of the biggest banks in the US have been given the green light to pay their largest dividends since the financial crisis, following the Federal Reserve's 'stress test'.

Positions in European consumer staples have outperformed in run up to the European Central Bank's quantitative easing programme, as investors look to mimic the highs of US and UK equity markets, according to Polar Capital's Nick Davis.

Rathbones' multi-asset head David Coombs has said the UK's largest investment trusts must reconsider their branding and investment strategies if they are to attract more interest from fund buyers.

The managers of the Ruffer investment company have cut their US dollar exposure further, even as the currency looks set for its best quarter in over 20 years.

Forthcoming pensions freedoms represent "something akin to a Y2K moment" for providers, Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) chief executive Martin Wheatley has said.

Hermes is to soft close Jonathan Pines' $1.5bn Asia ex-Japan equity fund in May as inflows into the product accelerate, Investment Week can reveal.

Ardevora co-founder and partner Jeremy Lang addresses five of the biggest concerns facing UK equity investors in current markets.

An industry initiative managed by the Tax Incentivised Savings Association (TISA) has called on the regulator to agree on a ‘common sense' standard for the delivery of guidance to consumers.

Mark Carney has told MPs it would be ‘extremely foolish' for the Bank of England to cut interest rates further in order to combat falling inflation.

The FTSE 100 index fell sharply on Tuesday in its worst day of 2015 so far, as energy stocks plummeted on the back of further falls in the oil price.