Japanese equities the positive in a country with a negative outlook.

Corporate bonds offer stockpicking managers attractive opportunities

Strong corporate balance sheets are good news for equities

The adoption of Ucits III by absolute return managers has coincided with a period when confidence in offshore investment funds has never been lower, writes Merchant Capital's George Cadbury.

Spectrum's Matthew Byer says preferred securities can offer investors an attractive complement to their fixed income portfolio.

Finsbury Growth & Income Trust's Nick Train says changes to the makeup of the UK stockmarket mean investing in overseas companies is more important now than ever

Recent developments in bond markets are likely to become major themes within the fixed income sector, writes Dipankar Shewaram of Western Asset Management.

The FSA believes there is there is no consumer detriment in allowing advisers who operate under COBS rules to maintain their current commission based charging.

Notes from the Budget: Alistair Darling does it very well. I've sat through many, and he delivers clearly, directly, smoothly.

Today's Budget may have seemed like a long, drawn-out, predictable litany of banker-bashing and pre-election tax breaks, but hidden deep among the tedium was at least one bold announcement - that financial capability is to be taught as part of maths GCSE....