A family-owned hedge fund will offer investors the chance to use Twitter posts to gauge the mood of the stockmarket.

The Treasury and the FSA are proposing to extend the regulator's powers to discipline firms who flout EU regulations or decisions made under UCITS IV.

Sterling touched a three-month low against the dollar before rebounding as the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) revealed continued division on interest rates while UK growth was revised down.

Ernst & Young (E&Y) "sat by silently" as Lehman Brothers tried to hide its financial problems from investors in the months before its collapse, US prosecutors have alleged in a lawsuit.

In 2011 the danger is the Euro system will put too much pressure on too many weaker countries and economies.

The Financial Ombudsman (FOS) is asking for industry opinion on whether to make its decision-making process and final rulings public.

Norwich & Peterborough Building Society (N&P) will be fined by the FSA within weeks for the systematic mis-selling of risky Keydata investments, according to reports.

The FSA is like the character from comedy series Little Britain whose answer to every question is "the computer says no", Mark Garnier MP said at a meeting this morning.

Dozens of Norwich & Peterborough (N&P) customers who invested in failed firm Keydata say they were not given key features documents (KFDs) on the products until after they had parted with their money.

The FSA will review the exam standards of pension transfer specialists ahead of other areas, despite calls from the industry for it to prioritise closer scrutiny of mortgage advice.