S&P 500

Legg Mason Capital Management veteran Bill Miller is backing airlines in his Opportunity fund, a sector he said has been "uninvestable" until recently.

EQUITY

LATIN AMERICA

Japan's benchmark index has broken through the 15,000 barrier for the first time since 2008 as investors continue to cheer policymakers' efforts to weaken the yen.

Q&A

DEMOGRAPHICS

Fund buyers are calling on iShares to review the pricing of its range of UK exchange-traded funds (ETFs), especially the mainstream vehicles that are charging substantially more than their peers.

Japan's main equity market surged to a five-year high on the first day of trading after the country's Golden Week public holiday.

The FTSE 100 has hit a new five-year high after better-than-expected US jobs data sparked a 50 point rise in the blue chip index.

AFRICA