Eligibility for listings should apply across the board
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:57:59 GMT
Tests to avoid a ‘Sino-Forest scenario’ of a group with allegedly non-existent assets listing in London should not overlook smaller indices

Wall Street retreats from bull market
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:39:58 GMT
Funds investing in US banks have attracted inflows for eight successive weeks, the longest such run since March 2000

Rally momentum fades after US GDP data disappoints
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:28:53 GMT
The 2012 broad risk asset rally is enduring another bout of fatigue as attention returns to the Greek debt negotiations

Strong fund flows drive US junk bond returns
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:00:01 GMT
Investors have returned to US junk bonds in numbers in early 2012 after last year’s European debt problems drove them to seek safe havens

Gold hits seven-week high after US rate forecast
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 19:29:02 GMT
The precious metal led commodities higher with crude oil prices also moving up on concerns over the EU’s oil embargo on Iran

Double-edged sword of Fed’s interest rate policy
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:11:41 GMT
‘Lower for longer’ policy means savers, group pensions and investors who rely on fixed-income returns face relentless tightening of pressure

Dollar down as outcome of Greek deal awaited
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 18:02:14 GMT
The greenback fell against a range of major currencies, with the Japanese yen one of the biggest risers after a week of steep drops

Misys rebounds on FTSE 100 amid talk of takeover
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:32:14 GMT
The banking software maker outperformed a generally falling London market as the index fell 1.1 per cent, leaving it flat for the week

Investors caught out by banking rally
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:30:02 GMT
European financials have rebounded strongly but is this the moment to chase the rally or maintain pessimism, asks Richard Milne

Italian yields fall after €11bn debt auction
Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:08:08 GMT
Friday’s successful sale pushed the yield of the country’s benchmark 10-year bond firmly below the 6 per cent mark, to 5.94 per cent