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The Glencore and Xstrata merger has come under increasing pressure as activist investor Knight Vinke has become the latest critic of the deal, calling for Glencore to up its offer.

Manchester United is set to float onto the New York Stock Exchange, seeking to raise $100m in an IPO.

Barclays' submission of a memo to the Treasury Select Committee has revealed how Bank of England officials advised the bank on LIBOR.

The International Monetary Fund has trimmed its US GDP forecasts and warned the nation's economic recovery remains fragile.

Contrary to our earlier article ‘Are these bond funds too exposed to banks' the Ignis Corporate Bond fund is actually underweight the banking sector.

Advisers have spoken of their frustration at the handling of the administration of Honister Capital.

A number of corporate bond funds are taking on too much risk by running hefty positions to bank bonds, Fund Expert's Brian Dennehy has said.

Primary Health Properties (PHP) has become the first UK Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) to launch a retail bond.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has said advisers with Honister Group, which today entered administration, may have to wait a "number of months" before they can be re-authorised.

Last month's Rio Earth Summit, written off as a disappointment by most, still produced encouraging signs for socially responsible investors, according to Jupiter's Charlie Thomas.