Friends Provident has joined the ABI's Options scheme, which aims to speed up the open market option (OMO) transfer process.

The FTSE 100 charged higher this morning as financials rallied in anticipation of the US Government launching its $500bn investment programme later today.

Most advisers are blaming the complexity of the pension transfer process for the length of time it takes.

The Financial Services Authority has cancelled the annual review of its own effectiveness, despite criticisms of its failure to prevent the near collapse of banks including HBOS and Bradford & Bingley.

Banks must take responsibility for bringing new blood into the advisory sector, according to Intrinsic Financial Services.

For the investor, it does not get much tougher than this. Markets have been awful. Almost any news is interpreted as bad, and it is even regurgitated to reinforce the effects it created in the first place.

iShares, the ETF arm of Barclays Global Investors, has released the first product offering exposu...

Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley have partnered to launch a range of ETFs under the name of Sourc...

As investors increasingly turn to gold as a safe haven investment, Lyxor has launched a new gol...

Old Mutual Bermuda (OMB), the group's US Life offshore business, is being closed to new business with immediate effect.