Shareholders in Alliance & Leicester (A&L) are preparing to vote on the firm's proposed £1.3bn acquisition by Banco Santander.

Chasing inflationary wage increases in a bid to guard against market instability will see inflation reaching 1970s levels, a Bank of England (BoE) member says.

Standard Life's retail and group SIPP customers will now be able to access its mutual fund supermarket, FundZone.

Alliance Trust has appointed Katherine Garrett-Cox as chief executive to succeed Alan Harden.

SIPPcentre, A J Bell's low-cost SIPP offering, has launched a regular investment link to Cofunds.

Investment trusts are currently offering cheap investment opportunities, according to JPMorgan Asset Management (JPMAM).

Software provider Prestwood is offering advisers free places for its financial planning seminars.

Protection and investment bond new business continues to slump but sales of individual and occupational pensions are soaring, statistics from the Association of British Insurers (ABI) reveal.

The FSA has today issued an alert that at least ten ‘recovery firms' are targeting a scam at investors who bought shares through Pacific Continental Securities (UK) Ltd.

A record number of would-be property sellers are opting to let instead as the housing gloom takes hold, a survey suggests.