The Bank of England is expected to resist unleashing extra emergency support for the economy today amid mixed signals over the fate of the recovery.

Millions of people will be affected by tax and benefit changes coming into force on Friday - changes Labour has labelled a "tax bombshell".

Aviva has said its retail wrap will target advisers offering restricted and simplified advice propositions as part of a wider assault on the mass market.

An irate adviser has said the latest FSCS interim levy is tantamount to mafia-style "extortion" and thinks clients - not advisers - should pay for firms' failures through an investment warranty.

Standard Life has appointed Vanguard Asset Management to manage its range of 15 tracker funds.

Skandia is launching its unbundled platform model in the fourth quarter of 2012, along with an adviser charging structure designed to accommodate different fee types.

Investec Structured Products is set to launch its first UCITS fund which will be available via wraps and platforms later this month.

Fidelity FundsNetwork has become the first supermarket to launch an unbundled pricing model.

Euro finance ministers are considering increasing the size of the eurozone's rescue funds which were set up to bail out indebted nations.

The Co-operative Group's planned purchase of over 600 Lloyds branches has been thrown into further uncertainty after its chief executive conceded it "may not go ahead".