IPO

With discounts on listed private equity trusts almost back to long-term averages, value in the sector can be hard to find. But Ben Williams, investment manager at Saunderson House, argues the improving merger and acquisition market is likely to benefit...

The government's privatisation of the Royal Mail was underpriced by £180m, a report commissioned by Business Secretary Vince Cable has suggested.

The year that was...an investment A to Z

Old Mutual UK Smaller Companies manager Dan Nickols has noted the "rich source of ideas" represented by the IPO market ahead of 2015's listing season.

Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba has raised $8bn (£5.1bn) in its first approach to the bond markets to raise capital.

It has been a volatile year for mid caps, with the FTSE 250 falling 6% between March and April. But F&C's £20m UK Mid-Cap fund has considerably outperformed over the past year, maintaining the return profile it has enjoyed over three and five years.

Strong growth in e-commerce has justified lofty valuations of online firms in China recently, but Lombard Odier Asia equity portfolio manager, Zhikai Chen, explains why investors are better served in financials.

Is it worth accessing medical tech stocks via crowdfunding?

How Romania’s growing GDP is outpacing the EU

Georgia, Senegal, and Ghana could be the next candidates to be upgraded to MSCI frontier market status, according to LGM Investments' Thomas Vester.