Around half a million women are set to benefit from rule changes which would enable them to claim a full state pension from April 2010.

Transact has scooped the best wrap proposition gong at the 2008 adnitor UK Platform Awards.

The UK's economic output fell by 0.5% during the third quarter of 2008 in the first quarter of negative growth since 1992.

The UK's economic output contracted by 0.5pc in Q3 according to the ONS, the first quarterly decline recorded since 1992.

Cofunds is hosting a series of masterclasses for advisers on how their business can still benefit in times of turbulence.

Russia's financial crisis is escalating with lightning speed as foreigners pull funds from the country and the debt markets start to price a serious risk of sovereign default, according to The Telegraph .

Just Retirement's new business figures have fallen almost 4% over the past twelve months, with equity release making up the bulk of the business slowdown.

Attractive valuations in telecoms and healthcare are presenting absolute value prospects in European equities despite a bleak economic outlook, according to Fidelity.

Three-quarters of Singapore-based expatriates say their ability to save has been impacted by the global financial crisis, according to the latest research from Zurich International Life's Expatriate Wealth Monitor.

It pays to take advantage of the lower property prices arising from the credit crunch, says Speechly Bircham partner Charles Hutton