RCM, the global equity company of Allianz Global Investors, has appointed Guido Stiel to join the team which manages the Allianz RCM BRIC Stars Fund.

Adrian Corkill, Canada Life International's marketing manager explains how the principles of pound cost averaging can provide opportunities in the downturn.

In London, markets climbed further as a possible takeover of Lonmin hit the news, with the FTSE 100 index rising 31.6 points (0.58%) to 5,486.1.

PSigma Investment Management is to manage a new fund of funds which will be a unitised version of its existing multi-asset multi-manager services, Wealth Management Solutions (WMS).

Scottish Widows says advisers using its PASS exam preparation system fared better in the April Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) examinations than those who did not.

Offshore bond sales at Standard Life have more than trebled compared with last year, against the backdrop of global market chaos.

While mortgage rates have fallen in recent weeks, Moneyfacts.co.uk says borrowers should be wary of the rising costs of arrangement fees.

Yorkshire Bank is offering new customers the chance to remortgage without paying any fees for a limited period this summer.

The dominance of banks in the UK market is dwindling with only HSBC in the top ten blue-chip companies by market value, research suggests.

PSigma Investment Management (PIM) is set to launch a Balanced Managed fund of funds.