LONDON (Reuters) - Canada's oil sands pose a significant investment risk as their development may be hampered by a government attempt to curtail the industry's rising carbon dioxide emissions, a report published Tuesday said. World Wildlife Fund ...

LONDON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Wednesday the United States must find a way regulators can allow investment banks to fail without threatening the stability of the financial system. Adding some flesh to his plan for the ...

LONDON (Reuters) - It is easy to blame speculation for the doubling of oil prices over the past 12 months, but the real reasons are strong demand growth, coupled with shortages of supply and refining capacity, the IEA said on Tuesday. In its Medium ...

Investment sales dip in May

LONDON (Reuters) - Top fund executives meeting in Barcelona this week will debate how to attract assets from sovereign wealth investors and the merits of absolute return funds as they face up to a tough environment of lower inflows. The Fund Forum ...

MONACO/LONDON (Reuters) - The hedge fund industry is set to attract bankers and traders from an exodus of high-flyers leaving troubled investment banks in search of bigger bonuses and better job security. Bankers joining hedge funds is not a new ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Britain was the world's biggest arms seller last year, accounting for a third of global arms exports, the government's trade promotion organisation said on Tuesday. UK Trade and Investment said arms exporters had added $19 billion ...

LONDON (Reuters) - Patients have yet to see any significant benefits from the government's billion-pound overhaul to the National Health Service, two independent watchdogs said on Thursday. NHS officials have underestimated the complexity of ...

LONDON (Reuters) - A story is told in financial circles that it was not the miners of the California Gold Rush who made money, it was the people who

Barclays eyes investment bank bid