China's economic strength will continue well beyond the Olympic Games, underpinned by further growth in domestic consumption and a strong export performance, says HSBC's Christian Deseglise.

A miner-led surge has driven the FTSE100 ahead in mid-morning trading, up 0.61% to 5519.80.

The seventh biggest financial gaffe is ‘trusting an IFA', a survey of more than 3,000 people has found.

Alistair Darling's lingering hopes for a rapid revival in the faltering economy next year were undercut yesterday as the International Monetary Fund reduced its forecasts for Britain's growth and sounded a warning that the country faces two years of economic...

Friends Provident saw profits plunge 20% and UK new business dip 12% in the first half of the year, as it began to implement its new strategy.

With an increasing number of supermarkets offering insurance cover such as life and mortgage payment protection, one would expect demand to increase over the coming months.

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).