Swiss banking group SYZ & CO has announced a change of manager for its OYSTER World Opportunities fund.

UK taxpayers are wasting millions of pounds due to poor IHT planning, according to annual research by Unbiased.co.uk .

Allowing limited early access to pension pots could boost aggregate retirement savings by up to £400bn, a Pensions Policy Institute research report finds.

MPs are concerned that the recently lifted ban on holding short positions in financial stocks has led to renewed instability in the sector.

Legal & General has rolled out the latest tranche in its capital protected investment range, a FTSE 100-linked plan providing 100% of any growth in the index.

Large numbers of pension savers do not have a large enough fund to last them past age 85, according to Lincoln Financial Group.

The Mortgage Works (TMW), the specialist lending subsidiary of Nationwide Building Society, has launched a number of fixed-rate buy-to-let products and reduced rates on some of its existing products.

The minutes from this month's meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee has revealed eight of the nine members voted in favour of a cut of 50 basis points in Bank base rate (BBR).

The Retail Distribution Review (RDR) may serve only to turn people away from financial advice, senior insurance executives say.

Midas Capital chief executive, Simon Edwards, says the company is in talks over a possible sale of the business following share sliding 80% yesterday.