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Jonas Crosland finds out how FTSE 100 companies are managing their pension schemes' black holes

There have been some wobbles at the large end of the private-equity market, but further down the scale this is still a thriving industry

In the third part of our Summer School on how to choose shares in different sectors, Algy Hall explains how to assess the attractions of property companies.

In the second part of our Summer School 2007, we explain what you need to look at when choosing an investment in the mining sector

Mega caps have underperformed the market in recent years, and that’s left them looking cheap. So cheap, in fact, that special situation fund managers have been stuffing their portfolios with them in place of their usual fare of basket-case recovery stocks.

Increasing competition in the tracker fund market is creating opportunities for canny Sipp investors, says David Stevenson

Soft commodities are at the beginning of a new cycle comparable to the rise of oil and mining. Nathalie Olof-Ors explains why this is and how small investors can profit from rising prices

In this week’s extract from his investment diary, Bernard Jones gets into Dot’s share account

Daniel O’Sullivan data-mines the diggers to find which influences dominate their price movement.

Fast-growing young companies are now listing their shares on two relatively new, fast moving exchanges: Alternext and PLUS Markets. And, collectively, they're outperforming the more-established Alternative Investment Market