Skandia International has launched the Royal Skandia Client Centre, an online service to keep advisers and clients up-to-date with their investments.

Local councils have called for the Treasury to allow them to offer competitive mortgage deals in a bid to revive the housing market.

Results of the FSA's thematic work on open market options (OMO) is a step in the right direction, but the message must be stronger if consumers are to benefit from the highest level of retirement under the OMO, according to Jason Walker, senior manager...

Advisers are increasingly looking beyond the tax advantages alone when comparing product wrappers despite changes to the capital gains tax (CGT), Zurich research suggests.

Reports the Chinese government will pump more than £30bn into the economy have sparked renewed vigour in trading on the nation's main share index.

Investor concerns about the US are overblown, with the economy likely to rebound next year, according to Jenny Jones, manager of Schroder US Small & Mid Cap fund.

Defaqto has published the eighth addition of its multi-manager guide series, entitled Blending Talents.

More than three million borrowers have had a mortgage or loan application refused over the past 18 months, according to GE Money Home Lending.

Just over a third (35pc) more people will pay Capital Gains Tax this year compared to last, according to analysis of Government figures by Skandia.

An extra 90,000 people will end up paying Capital Gains Tax in 2008 as a result of CGT reforms, effectively making it another stealth tax, Skandia says.