Friends Provident's sales of life and pensions products fell 40% over the past year, though the firm insists it is on course with its strategic aims.

High staff turnover in offshore firms and inadequate training are increasing the risk of companies becoming the victims of financial crime, according to new findings from the FSA.

Standard Life has added Brooks Macdonald Asset Management and Rathbone Investment Management to its SIPP platform.

The FTSE 100 dropped 76.69 points this morning to (1.82%) to 4,091.

HM Revenue & Customs is to spend £1bn on enforcement and compliance this year to cut tax avoidance and evasion by £2.4 billion, reports The Times.

Keydata has launched a website service for advisers, which offers educational content and marketing aids for investment professionals.

It may well be that the entire UK population has Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) but I do get some sense that having moved to British Summer Time we are all trying to be that much more positive about the current economic situation.

Stoxx Limited has licensed the Dow Jones Stoxx 50 Index to ETFlab Investment as the underlying fo...

The Dow Jones has rebounded strongly from an early sell-off in New York this morning as the threat of a swine flu pandemic continues to unnerve global investors.

After an ISA season last year the IMA described as the worst on record and forecasts of another poor period in 2008/9, figures for March show investors returned in their droves to the tax-efficient savings option.