Is it really time to pile into private equity?

This year’s “unusually good run” for beleaguered British shares shows “there is life in the old dog yet”, says Katie Martin in the Financial Times. True, the FTSE 100’s 10% year-to-date gain isn’t sen

Why certain fund investors aren’t lured by the rally in UK and Chinese shares

The sale after 17 years of the last of the government’s stake in NatWest has led some to claim that this was good news for the banking sector. The stock overhang has been removed and the sale has got

The emerging-market bull isn’t back quite yet, but investors are seriously considering whether to set one running. Despite notable success stories such as India, when taken as a whole emerging markets

There is an interesting change taking place in global equity markets. Investors are shifting their focus from US equities towards global stocks. Emerging markets are leading the charge, but demand for

Issue of the week: trouble in the gilt ...