Banking stocks have underperformed at a time when they should be considered a prime investment. Instead, pseudo-banks are emerging as the real game-changers, says Walker Crips' Chris Kitchenham

A fresh flight to safety will ensure government bond yields break through "crazy" record lows again in 2015, Brandywine bond manager Regina Borromeo has said.

Europe's economy is clearly deteriorating, with the stand-off between Germany and the peripheral nations continuing to hamper attempts to reform the region.

Equity valuations have been distorted by asset price inflation following QE, and the market is awash with the evidence, says BBH's Regina Lombardi.

Investment limits for Social Impact Tax Relief are to be trebled from £5m to £15m per company, Chancellor George Osborne announced in the Autumn Statement.

Venture capital schemes were given a boost in today's Autumn Statement as Chancellor George Osborne announced he would make it easier for companies to access tax-advantaged schemes.

Renewable energy companies will no longer be able to give investors relief under venture capital scheme rules, George Osborne has announced in today's Autumn Statement.

US equity markets have been volatile in 2014, but investors have over-reacted to the downside, says Joel Mittelman from the Boston Company Asset Management.

It has been a turbulent couple of months for policy makers in Japan.

China will likely ratchet up the stimulus further, and alongside this week's launch of the Shanghai-Hong Kong Connect programme, Chinese equities could speed ahead, explains ETF Securities' Nitesh Shah.