Global Equities Hub | 5 Apr 16

Following the global financial crisis, interest rates and bond yields saw investors broaden their demand for income by increasingly turning to equities – yet these same investors are reticent to broaden their equity search beyond their domestic market.

Companies | 4 Apr 16

British annuity providers Just Retirement and Partnership Assurance have completed a £1.4bn ($2bn, €1.8bn) merger which saw it relaunch on the London Stock Exchange Monday as JRP Group.

Companies | 4 Apr 16

French insurance giant Axa has completed the sale of its operations in Portugal to Belgian insurer Ageas for €189m ($215m, £151m), the company has announced.

Macro Views | 1 Apr 16

Investors are pinning their hopes on the dollar after sterling hit a nine-day high against the currency earlier this week and they will continue to do so over fears of a Brexit vote in June, says deVere group’s head of foreign exchange, James Stanton.

Macro Views | 1 Apr 16

Like Janet Yellen’s Federal Reserve, it would appear that UK wealth managers are planning to be very data dependent in the second quarter.