Aviva Investors head of equities David Lis lists financials, media, mining, support services and smaller companies as the places he is seeing the most value in the UK equity market.

Guide to Advice, a website which helps those looking for financial information, guidance and advice online, has today launched a searchable financial directory.

A major tax avoidance investigation has been halted after one of the key figures in the case was arrested on suspicion of wrongdoing.

Architas chief investment officer Caspar Rock believes convertible bonds are an overlooked way of reducing volatility in an equity portfolio.

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has pulled out of the retail structured product market due to high capital costs.

Morgan Stanley has launched a structured product, the Morgan Stanley UK Giants Selector Plan 2.

Harlequin Property SVG, the Caribbean arm of the group which is at the centre of a Serious Fraud Office investigation, has failed to file accounts for 2012.

Investors should be thinking about cutting their exposure to Asia and emerging markets and looking more to the developed world, according to F&C co-head of multi-manager Gary Potter.

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Harlequin Property, the troubled UK-based overseas property sales agent which is at the centre of a Serious Fraud Office investigation, is embroiled in 15 legal battles in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, IFAonline can reveal.