Incisive Media, publisher of IFAonline, Professional Adviser and Investment Week, last night won the prestigious AOP Award for Best Digital Publisher - Business.

The Dow Jones posted triple-digit gains in early trading on Thursday after positive economic data at home and abroad boosted sentiment.

The FSA paid staff almost £22m in bonuses in the year to 31 March 2010, figures show.

France and Germany have called for rapid agreement on new EU rules to ban elaborate forms of speculation on national debt and company shares.

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has announced a probe into parts of the investment banking industry.

Shares in BP tumbled to their lowest level since 1996 in US trading Wednesday on fears the company won't pay out its planned dividends to shareholders.

Industry stakeholders are questioning the legitimacy of FSA proposals imposing a time limit on advisers to attain qualifications.

A deceitful adviser lost insurer Scottish Provident £70,000 in commissions by submitting fraudulent life insurance applications over a period of almost three years.

The FSA has fined Close Investments Ltd £98,000 for failing to properly protect and segregate client money.

The chief executive of the Protection Review rates this month’s developments in the protection market...