Punch Taverns, Royal Bank of Scotland and Thomas Cook are among the members of the least coveted club in the business, research from binary options trading firm Banc De Binary has found.

US stock markets could spike if Mitt Romney secures a surprise victory tomorrow in the US Presidential election, leading thinktank the Centre for Economic Business Research (CEBR) has forecast.

Julian Chillingworth celebrates a decade at the helm of the £48m Rathbone Blue Chip Income & Growth fund this year.

Shares in Standard & Poor's parent group McGraw-Hill have slumped after an Australian court ruled S&P's AAA ratings misled investors during the financial crisis.

Weaknesses in the Bank of England's forecasting process have been highlighted in a review by an ex-Federal Reserve official.

Fund managers have raised cash levels in their equity and bond portfolios to levels last seen at the height of the Lehmans crisis as valuations in risk assets hit extremes.

Hermes Fund Managers has launched an Emerging Asia fund for manager Jonathan Pines.

Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) has appointed Martyn Gilbey as head of wholesale, replacing Kevin Addison who left the firm in June.

Wall Street bounced back shortly after open today following a two day lock-down forced by extreme weather conditions in New York City.

Barclays shares have fallen after the bank revealed it is facing two new US regulatory investigations into its conduct.