S&P 500

THE BIG INTERVIEW

FEATURE

COMMENT

While markets across Europe took a break over the long Easter holiday, Asian markets fluctuated between gains and losses, weighed down by expected weak Chinese manufacturing data to be released this week.

US

FUND SELECTION Q&A

CONTRARIAN INVESTOR

iShares has cut the total expense ratio (TER) on the accumulation share class of its S&P 500 ETF to 7bps in a further bid to undercut competitors.

CREDIT

The US economy added 175,000 jobs in February, ahead of estimates and confounding fears that continued bad weather would hurt the employment recovery.