Swiss wealth manager Julius Baer is launching its Biotech fund to UK investors.

New Earth Solutions has raised its first target of £10m since July 2008 for its Recycling Facilities investment sub-fund.

Allianz Global Investors' fund manager Bozena Jankowska is the first to admit 2008 was a tough year.

Nearly nine in ten British expats believe they are better placed to weather the global recession abroad, then in the UK, according to new research.

Level annuities returns stabilised in May after several months of falling rates, Alexander Forbes Annuity Bureau says.

The gap between the best and worst players in the IFA market is widening, according to new research by industry analysts Plimsoll Publishing.

On Wall Street, trading got off to a poor start after the Federal Reserve lowered its expectations for US GDP this year.

Back by popular demand, IFAonline is again offering a limited number of readers the chance to get their hands on a set of Top Trumps-style cards designed to help demystify critical illness (CI).

Nicola Horlick's Bramdean Alternatives is opposing plans proposed by one of its largest investors to wind up the investment fund.

Scottish Widows pays out more than £500,000 a week on critical illness (CI) claims, figures show.