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Forward-looking company reports on pay and bonuses should be introduced to help resolve concerns over large rewards, Robert Talbut, chief investment officer of Royal London Asset Management has proposed.

Markets have continued to move higher following a co-ordinated effort by the world's central banks to inject liquidity into the banking system.

Baillie Gifford's chief investment officer has said Europe's only option to tackle enormous budget deficits is to print more money.

Schroders' Richard Buxton has revealed he was congratulated by Artemis' Tim Steer for holding tech firm Autonomy as it received a bid approach - a time when Steer was shorting the stock.

Andrew Lake, manager of Aviva Investors' High Yield Bond fund outlines the stocks to snap up and ones to avoid during a gloomy period for the UK consumer.

Today's pledge by five central banks, including the Federal Reserve and the Bank of England, to raise the liquidity of commercial banks has boosted markets worldwide.

The European Commission has revised down its economic growth forecast for the rest of the year, saying growth in the eurozone will grind to a "virtual standstill".

It has been an uncomfortable summer for investors as the credit crisis from 2008 continues to plague markets, this time in the guise of a sovereign debt crisis. But how have markets really coped?

UBS has said it has discovered a loss in the region of $2bn as a result of rogue trading in its investment banking division.

The FTSE has opened trading in positive territory amid signs European policy makers are moving to stem the eurozone debt crisis.