A UK investment fund has emerged as Lifemark's best hope for a rescue deal after US hedge fund CarVal walked away from talks, the fund's administrator says.

The FSA fined IFAs nearly a million pounds in the seven months to July, over three times as much as the whole of 2009.

The Government is asking Britain to vote on where the axe should fall in the next round of public spending cuts, with one option being the abolition of cash altogether.

Britain's leading share index has fallen back into the red after enjoying modest gains in early Thursday trading.

An elderly couple caught up in the Keydata collapse have become the first Norwich and Peterborough (N&P) customers to successfully claim the building society mis-sold products, exposing them to "inappropriate risk".

News from financial fools beyond the help of even the Government's basic advice service. Today, the tax dodging Chorley chippy.

Andrew Sentance voted against the rest of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) for a rise in interest rates for the third consecutive month, minutes from the August meeting show.

The UK googled ‘independent financial advisers' just 1,600 times a month in the past year, which is a fraction of hits for insurers like Aviva which took 74,000.

For those who have seen the film Pirates of the Caribbean, or have a passing interest in 17th century buccaneers, the term ‘Living by the Code' should be reasonably familiar.

Aviva's share price has received a boost today amid rumours of bid interest from French peer Axa.