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Germany's ban on naked short-selling in European sovereign debt, as well as shares in its 10 largest financial institutions, has sent shockwaves through global markets today. Here, M&G's Stefan Isaacs explains why the action appears to be largely symbolic...

The FSA has sent out written warnings to 38,000 investors whose details were discovered on a 'master list' used by boiler room fraudsters.

Baillie Gifford High Yield Bond fund manager Ben Thompson plans to leave the group next month to work outside the financial services industry.

Investment Week has relaunched its online fund Research Centre, using a new comparison tool produced in conjunction with FundsLibrary.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has put in place new stock trading restrictions to prevent a repeat of the Dow's dramatic plunge earlier this month.

Miners are among the early fallers on the FTSE as European markets tumble following a ban on naked short-selling in Germany.

Statisticians at JPMorgan have applied the investment bank's in-house quantitative analysis techniques to the world of football...and concluded Fabio Capello's England will emerge victorious in South Africa this summer.

Traders are predicting chaos on the world's second-largest government bond market after the German authorities announced a ban on all naked short-selling in European public debt, as well as shares in the country's 10 largest financial institutions.

Bank of England governor Mervyn King yesterday set out his reasons for the overshoot of CPI inflation last month in a letter to new Chancellor George Osborne. They were all dubious, says Henderson chief economist Simon Ward.

Miton Asset Management managing director Martin Gray has been appointed a director of Midas Capital with immediate effect.