Goldman Sachs’ new online bank Marcus is launching its first savings account in the UK with a market-beating 1.5% on offer.

Goldman Sachs is to launch a consumer bank in the UK, with what is believed to be the highest interest rate in the country.

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.