US equity markets have been pricing in the end of the recession but investors must not become complacent, warns BlackRock's Bob Doll.

Novia has joined forces with Close Asset Management to offer a discretionary fund management capability for adviser firms wishing to benefit from both companies.

A deal which would have seen IFA Lighthouse Group purchase upward of 200 of Network Data's appointed representatives (ARs) collapsed because the latter's bank declined its permission.

President Obama will seek to outlaw offshore tax avoidance in a bid to claw back tax from US corporations with overseas divisions.

Aberdeen has reported a pre-tax profit of £33m for the six months to 31 March 2009, down from £47.3m for the same period last year.

Woolwich, the lending arm of Barclays, has announced it is cutting the rates on more than half of its mortgage range by an average of 0.35%.

The consolidation of the UK IFA market shows no sign of abating after Manchester-based adviser Bright Financial bought its 23rd firm in less than five years.

The FTSE 100 has opened more than 2% higher in early trading with miners and banks seeing double digit percentage gains this morning.

Alliance & Leicester International (ALIL) has unveiled an Expat Money book promotion designed to help savers with the bank make the most of their finances.

Thousands of British jobs have been put in jeopardy by plans to merge the European operations of the American carmaker General Motors with its Italian rival Fiat in a deal that would create the world's second-largest autos group.