Just Retirement has issued a number of guidelines for advisers to use when consulting with clients on retirement income options.

The decoupling argument for emerging markets always had a hollow ring to it, according to New Star's Richard Pease.

The AIC has identified the 20 investment trusts with the most consistent performance over the last decade.

Canada Life Group Insurance's Simon Inch has been promoted to finance director.

Stephen Hester, the new boss parachuted into Royal Bank of Scotland, has been hired on a salary of £1.2m and been awarded shares worth more than £6m to overhaul the bank, The Guardian reports.

Consumer confidence is the highest since December 2007, bolstered by Government rescue measures, according to Nationwide.

It feels like Bonfire night starts earlier every year - the crack and bang of fireworks has certainly been making me jump over the last few weeks!

The Bank of England tomorrow faces its toughest interest rate decision since it was given independence more than a decade ago, experts say, as pressure for a 1% cut builds.

Election day in the US has injected a spring in the step of Wall St as the Dow Jones approaches a 3% climb after less than three hours' trading.

The chief minister of the Isle of Man has questioned Alistair Darling's knowledge of his own Government following the Chancellor's "unfortunate" remarks concerning the crown dependancy's status as a tax haven.