Skandia Investment Group (SIG) is poised to launch five US funds at a time of significant investment opportunities, according to the company.

Aegon's head of industry development Peter Williams has become one of the first people in the UK to earn a doctorate focused on Financial Planning.

Standard Life Germany has been named the top choice for German brokers advising on life insurance, according to the Charta-Qualitätsbarometer (quality barometer) survey of brokers.

The Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) says the Government's plans to provide mortgage lending at 2007 levels may not be 'prudent' given current conditions in the housing market.

Private investors are suffering as a result of the ban on short-selling of banks, according to DigitalLook.com.

Trevor Matthews, chief executive of insurer Friends Provident, is believed to be running the rule over HBOS's 59% stake in St James's Place Capital (SJP), the wealth manager, The Independent on Sunday reports.

UK taxpayers will own as much as 43.5% of the proposed Lloyds TSB and HBOS ‘superbank', under the new revised takeover terms.

Confidence among mortgage intermediaries has improved in recent months, but negative sentiment remains, a survey suggests.

Europe's largest economies last night pledged to protect any distressed major bank from collapse.

The FSA has written to the chief executives of the UK's banks, asking them to examine their firms' policies on remuneration.