Mortgage sourcing firm Trigold's January Product Index has revealed the number of live mortgage products has dropped to 4,357 - a figure last seen in February 2002.

Rates on Abbey's fixed range of mortgages will be cut by up to 0.3% today, the lender says, with deals set to start at 3.99%.

SIPP investors could benefit from an additional safety net by becoming a co-trustee of their pension fund, according to Hornbuckle Mitchell.

Citigroup chief executive Vikram Pandit is preparing to break-up the banking conglomerate, separating its assets into essentially a separate "good" and "bad" bank in a startling reversal of the bank's decade-old strategy as a universal bank, according...

The Dow Jones saw its fifth consecutive day of losses yesterday, falling 25 points to close at 8449, as investors were spooked by yesterday's speech by Fed chairman Ben Bernanke.

The FSA moved a step closer to a nationwide Money Guidance service this week after confirming a number of partner groups for its regional pilot scheme.

I am such a stickler for good customer service that my family and friends often find it amusing when I fire off a letter to the chief executive of a company that has failed to deliver on a promise.

His move to investment boutique PSigma Asset Management re-united managing director Ian Chimes with a successful fund management team

UK small caps have the potential to rally strongly as investors seek to rebalance their portfolios into recovery stocks, says Gartmore's Gervais Williams.

Plans to guarantee up to £20bn of loans to small businesses to help them survive the economic slump have been dubbed stunts and wheezes by Liberal Democrat shadow chancellor Vince Cable.