Structured product investment sales rose 25% to £9.68bn in 2008, as the sector continued to establish itself as a provider of mainstream wealth management solutions, according to new analysis from Blue Sky Asset Management (BSAM).

The FTSE 100 continued its seemingly inexorable dive toward 4,000 on Thursday as glum sales figures for Argos and Home Retail piled further agony on the retail sector.

Islamic banking in the Asia-Pacific region is expanding at a rate only second to the Middle East, according to a report by Celent.

MetLife Europe is launching a new investment bond offering capital, withdrawal and death benefit guarantees.

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The FSA has confirmed it will continue to require disclosure of short positions on financial stocks until the end of June.

The FTSE 100 dived 6% in afternoon trading on Wednesday as a result of glum retail sales data across the Atlantic.

Kent-based IFA Brunning Newton Houghton (BNHL) is preparing to lose hundreds of clients as it seeks to cut costs in 2009.

Standard Life has cut the price of its Sterling Pension fund by almost 5% today after a fall in the underlying fund value.

NatWest International Personal Banking (IPB) has launched its fifth issue of guaranteed structured deposit account, Autopilot.