The FTSE 100 slipped in early morning trading after making a quick gain straight after the opening bell.

Customers with Isle of Man (IOM) bank accounts will no longer be able to withhold their tax details from the powers that be after the island today agreed to the automatic exchange of information within the EU.

One in six prime UK mortgages is in negative equity, with the possibility this figure could climb to one in three if house prices fall in line with its expectations, Fitch warns.

I am sure we are all aware that the government intends to include provisions in the Finance Act 2009 to restrict higher rate tax relief on pension contributions by individuals with taxable income of £150,000 or more.

Nucleus is looking to raise more than £3m in a rights issue to help clear some of the company's debt to South African insurer Sanlam.

Chapters of the impending RDR consultation paper have been redrafted on "numerous" occasions in recent weeks as the FSA continues to um and ah over its proposals.

Sale-and-rent-back provider Residential Property Solutions (RPS) has launched a charter to encourage other firms to raise their standards and to help consumers and brokers avoid cowboy operators.

The Pension Protection Fund has announced that it will set a pension protection levy estimate of £700m, indexed to wages, for 2010/11.

IFAs and SIPP operators are among 11 people arrested in connection with a suspected £2.5m pension fraud.

The US Treasury has boosted its tax information exchange arrangements with Switzerland by amending the US-Switzerland income tax treaty.