Big = Great. Big = Strong. Big = Safe. Big = Good quality. At least that's what the big banks and investment managers seem to believe - and want you to as well.

The FSA says it is in discussions with the Chancellor on the issue of short-selling after Vince Cable today claimed the practice was "wrecking" banks' rights issues.

Aviva Investors has named Paula Allen as head of global equities.

Martin Currie has fewer funds now than when Andy Sowerby took the role of managing director of marketing, but it has been top 10 in the retail industry for net sales for half of 2008.

The TUC has urged Pensions Minister Mike O'Brien to resist pensions industry lobbying to water down the test to decide whether an employer's pension scheme is good enough to qualify as an alternative to Personal Accounts.

The FTSE100 plunged under the 5,000 barrier for the first time since June 2005 this afternoon while the US market fell on more bad news from AIG.

More than 15% of shareholders in Alliance & Leicester (A&L), almost 18,000 voters, motioned against its £1.3bn acquisition by Spanish bank Banco Santander, the firm reveals today.

Living Time, the AIG-backed UK annuities company, has stressed it is very much "business as usual" at the firm despite the troubles surrounding its American parent company.

A mis-selling scandal is brewing for advisers on overseas pension transfers, according to an expert in QROPS (Qualifying Recognised Overseas Pension Schemes).

BDO Stoy Hayward Investment Management has expanded its Risk Benefits team with four key appointments in order to develop its offering to corporate clients.