Miners and banks weighed on the FTSE in early trading on Monday, the index dropping more than 43 points, or 0.98%, to 4,395.14.

Banking giant Barclays this morning confirmed it is in talks with US manager BlackRock over the sale of its Global Investors arm.

Aviva has launched a revamped website for advisers to coincide with its re-brand.

Skipton Guernsey has unveiled a range of guaranteed fixed rate sterling accounts paying up to 3% gross/AER.

The European exchange traded fund business needs to consolidate onto fewer exchanges in order to ...

Stability may be returning to the index-linked annuities market after several months of significant falls in inflation-linked annuity income, according to Alexander Forbes Annuity Bureau.

On Wall Street, markets saw a turbulent morning, after figures emerged showing US employers cut over 300,000 jobs in May.

Trevor Matthews has taken time out from his role as chief executive at Friends Provident to reply personally to an IFA who expressed his concern about the future of the insurer.

Pensions commentators are hesitant over Yvette Cooper's appointment as Secretary of State for the Department of Work and Pensions.

New figures suggest the UK economy may have shrunk much faster than previously thought in early 2009.