Asian stocks fell overnight after a US congressional committee charged with reducing the nation's deficit failed on Monday to agree on cuts.
The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) is set to impact advisers with American clients when it comes into force in 2013. David Treitel, tax director at US Tax & Financial Services Ltd, explains how best to manage the risks
Multi-managers tell Alasdair Pal their thoughts on North America and explain which blend of funds they use to access it...
The head of HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is to be quizzed by MPs this afternoon over claims he allowed Goldman Sachs to escape £10m in interest payments on an offshore tax avoidance scheme.
(Updated 2pm) Continued heavy selling saw London's FTSE 100 slump by more than 4.9% to its lowest level in a month after the Federal Reserve painted a gloomy picture of the global economy.
The Federal Reserve will not pump extra money into the ailing US economy, but policymakers last night unveiled a new scheme which they hope will stimulate growth.
Fidelity's Anthony Bolton has said he remains a world equity market bull despite a global situation that he said resembles "a big game of poker".
US debt figures have so many zeros, it seems almost impossible to visualize the real scale of the crisis.
Three years on from the collapse of Lehman Brothers, Laura Miller revisits the shocking events and asks if any lessons have been learned.