The Dow plunged 1% in early trade today following German Chancellor Angela Merkel's warning the euro could collapse.

The Institute of Financial Planning (IFP) has appointed Rory Curran, formerly of 1st Software, as the first "public" representative of its Board.

Aviva has announced the winners of its graduate future adviser programme who now go on to take a summer internship at an IFA.

The FSA has sent out written warnings to 38,000 investors whose details were discovered on a 'master list' used by boiler room fraudsters.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has put in place new stock trading restrictions to prevent a repeat of the Dow's dramatic plunge earlier this month.

Statisticians at JPMorgan have applied the investment bank's in-house quantitative analysis techniques to the world of football...and concluded Fabio Capello's England will emerge victorious in South Africa this summer.

The Association of IFAs today paid tribute to "outstanding" council member Ian Thorneycroft, who died following a 15-month battle with cancer at the weekend.

George Osborne is set to announce cuts to corporation tax tomorrow in an effort to defuse the controversy over plans to increase capital gains tax (CGT).

A Staffordshire-based IFA is launching a series of financial guides to help clients prepare for a raft of new fiscal measures set to be unveiled by the coalition government.

Tenet is launching an entry-route foundation degree, giving budding IFAs the opportunity to begin working as advisers whilst studying for the qualification.