Dr. Paul Fisher, executive director for markets at the Bank of England, has been appointed chairman of the ifs School of Finance.

Warren Buffett has emerged as one of the biggest investors to be affected by Japan's earthquake and tsunami, with estimated paper losses of $150m from his investments in reinsurers Swiss Re and Munich Re.

An alleged £1bn HBOS corporate fraud was known to former directors of the state-rescued bank, but they failed to act on the information, according to sources close to police investigators.

The wife of Standard Life's chief executive spent nearly £300,000 on a stake in the insurer, the day after the company announced it had a "good" 2010.

A natural disaster, national outrage and a slanging match in Parliament between the FSA and MPs. Seven days is a long time in finance.

Merchant House has taken on 120 ex-Clarkson Hill advisers and raised £345,000 in a share issue to help fund the growth of the business.

Spain's banks have been told to find an extra €17bn (£14.5bn) to shore up their finances and prevent a collapse in confidence, which has hit the share prices of Barclays and RBS as both have exposure to the Iberian institutions.

Positive Solutions will target advisers' successful transition to fee charging in its latest round of nationwide Wealth Synergy roadshows.

The FSA has appointed former Stroud & Swindon boss John Sutherland as a senior adviser on the building society sector.

Keydata victims awaiting compensation have become the latest targets of bogus callers who claim to be from the FSCS.