Opinion

I did not know whether to laugh or let out a sigh of relief when David Cameron let it be known he did not want Gordon Brown taking over at the World Bank.

Equity and commodity markets around the world continue to look seriously vulnerable to further significant retracements. We are reminded of summer 2007 when we told clients to get out of equity markets.

Apologies for ruining the positive vibe but I cannot help but return to a recent bugbear of mine - risk.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme - often described as the lifeboat of the financial services industry - offers investors a life jacket if their savings and investments have been put at risk, but, following the collapse of Keydata, many product...

ON S&P'S DOWNGRADE OF JAPAN

MEXICO AN ATTRACTIVE INVESTMENT?

If bond markets are the only indices you look at to judge world events, you could be forgiven for thinking the past month or so has been fairly uneventful.

SIX KEY MACRO THEMES

Once upon a time, pensions were the ultimate investor for a hedge fund manager. Retail investors could wait while the red carpet was rolled out for bigger hitters.

The US investment banking firm Jefferies & Co last week initiated its first quarterly publication for its clients, highlighting just how financial markets have changed in a little over two years.