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At the end of last month, the recently-privatised Royal Mail announced its first financial results since its IPO in October 2013...

By Schroders' Emerging Markets Economist, Craig Botham    Private sector drives Brazilian slowdown:   Brazil’s first quarter GDP came in at 1...

Last week Lloyds Banking Group announced its intention to float TSB on the UK stock market, with Hargreaves Lansdown appointed as an intermediary for private investors...

Although property is by far the most secure investment vehicle, offering the highest returns, many people still have their misgivings...

The next twelve months will be a 'critical period' for those wishing to make money from UK property investments, a housing expert, Ian Samuels has warned this week...

By Neil Woodford, Head of Investment, Woodford Investment Management   Pfizer’s recent bid approach for AstraZeneca has presented investors with a classic dilemma...

Crowdfunding platform, Indiegogo has this week announced new investments from some of the most prominent names in technology and innovation including Sir Richard Branson, Mex Levchin (Paypal Co-Founder) and Megan Smith (Entrepreneur) ...

In last week’s Quarterly Inflation Report, the Bank of England acknowledged the strength of the recovery, but stressed that a rise in interest rates was still some way off...

Investment managers should only use client dealing commission to pay for substantive research or costs related to executing trades, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said this week as it published a policy statement on forthcoming changes to dealing commission rules...

Acting as a significant milestone for the fast-growing crowdfunding industry, a major venture capital firm has this month joined together with the crowds to invest in a dynamic new startup...

Newly created asset management company, Woodford Investment Management will act as investment manager to its first fund, the CF Woodford Equity Income Fund, which launches on 2 June 2014...

This week Anaplan announced it has completed its Series D round of $100 million in financing, bringing total investment in the company to $150 million...

Today’s market commentary, courtesy of Beaufort Securities:   Market opening: Markets are likely to open lower today...

True Potential Investments has added a new Goldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) income strategy fund to its Wealth Platform; it has been reported this week...

Neil Woodford’s latest investment fund will be a fund management heavyweight, not another boutique investment company, Hargreaves Lansdown has revealed...

Many investors are looking to broaden their horizons by utilising Build-to-Rent opportunities; due to the lack of existing investment stock resulting in a change of strategy for many, CBRE has reported...

There will be further expansion of mergers and acquisition (M&A) activity into 2015, according to Standard Life, the global investments manager...

The rate of growth in UK commercial property rents continued in Q1, increasing by 1.1% and 3.0% over the last twelve months, according to the CBRE UK Prime Rents and Yields Index...

By Stuart Welch, CEO of TD Direct Investing    After the removal of stamp duty from AIM shares on Monday of this week, Stuart Welch of TD Direct Investing believes that consumer investment costs could be halved...

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has fined Invesco Asset Management Limited and Invesco Fund Managers Limited (Invesco Perpetual) £18,643,000 for exposing investors to greater levels of risk than they had been led to expect...