With the UK base interest rate currently standing at 2% but predicted to fall further early in 2009, it is becoming more and more difficult for investors to find a home for cash holdings offering competitive rates of interest within their investment portfolios....

Castlestone Management is gauging investor appetite for a Defensive Equity fund, with a view to launching as early as January.

Bradford & Bingley International in the Isle of Man has again cut its savings rates in response to rate cuts from the Bank of England and European Central Bank.

The FSA has issued a warning today to consumers, highlighting that Pure Money Limited and Pure-money.co.uk are not authorised or regulated by the FSA.

More of the world's largest banks have today admitted exposure to a fraud estimated to have lost more than $50bn.

Alternatives specialist The Investor Club is to offer a SIPP and SASS ready investment in tropical timber which will give investors access to teak plantations in Sri Lanka.

The proportion of struggling prime mortgage borrowers that are at least one month in arrears has risen 50%, the latest report from Standard & Poor's (S&P) has revealed. U.K. Prime RMBS Index Report Q3 2008.

Shares in private equity giant 3i Group plunged 10% as HBOS prospered on a mixed Monday for the FTSE.

EMPLOYEES are missing out on more than £5bn a year by failing to join company pension schemes, Prudential says.

Advisers are shunning Japanese equities in favour of corporate bond funds despite Japanese smaller companies returning over 11% last month.