The housing market set new record lows in September as prices continued to fall and transactions ground to a halt.

Open Annuities, the UK parent company of London & Colonial Assurance, has acquired The Fiduciary Corporation, a UK SIPP specialist trading as L&C Pensions.

Gordon Brown's decision to nationalise some of Britain's biggest high street banks will push the number of public sector employees to more than six million for the first time, reports The Times .

Axa is set to launch an advertising campaign highlighting how consumers deserve top customer service from financial services companies.

Online business and financial social networking website IFA Life has created a club dedicated to promoting and explaining internet marketing to IFAs.

The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) has endorsed HM Treasury proposals to allow investment trust companies (ITC) to invest tax-efficiently in bonds and other interest producing assets.

Paul Lothian has replaced Robert Reid as the new president of the Personal Finance Society.

The rate of CPI inflation hit 5.2pc in September, up from 4.7pc in August. The annual rate of RPI inflation, meanwhile, edged up to 5pc, from 4.9pc a month earlier.

Smaller companies are being deterred from embracing the technology revolution as they fear conducting sensitive business transactions - such as accounts - online could leave them open to the threat of online fraud, according to research from Close Invoice...

Alistair Darling today announced the Bank of England is providing a £100m loan to the UK arm of crumpled Iceland bank Landsbanki.