Nigel Bolton, head of European Consulting at fund manager Blackrock, told the Morningstar London Investment Conference 2012 today that European stocks were looking cheap relative to world counterparts.

The heads of Which? consumer group, British Bankers’ Association and MoneySavingExpert.com have written to the Secretary to State about claims management companies.

Katie Koch, managing director of the Investment Management Division in the Office of the Chairman, Goldman Sachs Asset Management, kicked off the Morningstar London Investment Conference 2012 with a prediction that emerging markets would be the main engine for world growth over the next decade.

Financial Planners and investment specialists are making their way to London for the sixth annual Morningstar Investment conference.

Wrap platform firm Ascentric has launched an Isle of Man-based offshore bond administered by Royal London 360°.

AXA Wealth’s specialist investment company Architas has changed its active and passive funds to provide simpler and clearer names.

Technology provider Avelo has acquired mortgage technology firm TrigoldCrystal.

AXA Wealth has seen sales on its Elevate platform rise by 14 per cent to £426m in the first quarter of 2012.

Standard Life has announced its adviser charging policy and said it hopes to implement it in Q4 this year, ahead of the RDR.

Economists are forecasting positive results for the next GDP figure with 0.1 per cent growth forecast, according to a leading think-tank.