Cofunds will extend its business opportunities masterclasses for advisers into next year.

Half of the general public are most threatened by rising food and energy prices, with only 13% citing recession as their primary financial concern, according to the AIC.

Investors will need to return to old fashioned, conservative investing, where patience not shareholder pressure is key, according to Henderson's Tim Stevenson.

Prudential has announced strong Q3 results and confirmed it will be monitoring any opportunities that arise from AIG's disposal programme in Asia.

While advisers generally appear to be satisfied that they will meet the December TCF deadline, many have bemoaned the associated costs and warned of dire consequences for those firms not making the grade.

Sesame will use its second national conference on 27 November to discuss responses to the RDR Feedback Statement, due to be released two days before.

Former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan has admitted an era of laid-back regulation contributed to the recent "once-in-a century credit tsunami".

A follow-up initiative to AXA's experiment investigating the impact of financial advice has indicated that people are willing to pay for advice.

Guernsey's intention to introduce a depositors' compensation scheme with a ceiling of £50,000 is a step closer, following a second technical group meeting on Wednesday.

European Pensions Management (EPM) has waived the the minimum £15,000 investment in its low-cost Funds SIPP until the end of the year, to accommodate investors who want to transfer small protected rights funds.