Investors wishing to move from direct-to-consumer to adviser platforms face "punitive" exit fees, according to analysis by the lang cat.

Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe has told senior politicians he will delay a proposed sales tax rise and call a snap election in December, according to reports.

Association of British Insurers(ABI) director general Otto Thoresen is to step down in 2015 to chair the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST).

Investors seeking to tap into the so-called 'presidential cycle' should be more cautious than usual, veteran investor Jeremy Grantham has warned.

Morningstar has appointed former Kleinwort Benson chief investment officer Jeremy Beckwith to lead its UK manager research team.

UK companies are acting as a drag on an otherwise buoyant global dividend outlook, according to Hendersons' Global Dividend Index.

Old Mutual Global Investors' Global Equity Absolute Return (GEAR) strategy is nearing its maximum "comfortable" size, according to co-manager Ian Heslop.

The managers of Ruffer's investment trust increased total return by 0.5% in an "extraordinarily" volatile October as the effect of protective assets finally kicked in.

US fund managers have "failed" their clients by focusing on preserving their careers rather than growing clients' capital, according to Baillie Gifford's Ian Tabberer.

The price of Brent crude oil edged above $77 on Friday but remained close to its new four-year low as demand fears and weak Chinese data weighed on the commodity.