Simon Gergel, director at RCM, is the portfolio manager of the Merchants Trust plc. He talks to Jane Wallace about the trust's objectives and performance.

THE TOP TRUSTS FOR INCOME

With over 400 investment trusts available to investors, how do you pick the best one for your clients? Stephen Peters, investment trust analyst at Charles Stanley, offers his tips.

As creators of credit, banks are in a very privileged position. To create a loan, the equivalent of making a sale for other companies, banks just need to type a number into a computer and hit ‘enter'. This is a licence that frequently gets abused if banks...

My worst fears about the potential loss of confidence in our leaders, institutions, and capitalism itself are being realised. We have been digging this hole for a long time.

One of my favourite films from the early 1980s is "The Long Good Friday". Despite the fact that Bob Hoskins' character is a top London gangster, one warms to his personality. And, in the final scene of the film, one even has pity for his predicament....

This week's Conjecture debate saw panellists from BlackRock, MFS & Threadneedle discuss the prospects for UK equities.

Investment Week's sister publication IFAonline brings you all the key points from today's Budget...

IFAonline will be broadcasting live and interactive video reaction to George Osborne's Budget tomorrow afternoon from 3.30pm.

A momentous 2010 saw the euro rocked as Ireland followed Greece to the brink of oblivion, a change of government in the UK and the BP oil spill. But what were the stories that grabbed Investment Week readers? These were the ten most read stories of 2010....