The FTSE has bounced back from a mid-morning dip to end more than a percentage point higher, thanks to strong performances from miners.

The US hedge fund which has given Keydata a brief reprieve by plugging a short-term funding gap is "no white knight", warns an IFA involved in the deal.

HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) plans to seize an extra £4bn in 2010/11 through more aggressive tax investigation work and tougher powers, warns an accountancy firm.

The cost of collecting the proposed high earner's pension tax would almost cancel out any gains to the public coffers, according to analysis by Standard Life.

The FSA has charged a former stockbroker with offences including conspiring to defraud investors and money laundering.

Private Finance has launched a prime Central London brokerage team dedicated to the £1m plus market.

The Government would have to double the scale of the cuts it has already planned to come anywhere near to Canada's example of a public sector bonfire, experts have said.

Warren Buffett has put himself on the eBay auction block, offering his words of wisdom over lunch to the highest bidder.

Prudential's top executives are in the firing line at the company's AGM today as they face down shareholders angry over the insurer's failed bid for Asian insurer AIA.

The FSA has fined investment manager Rowan Dartington & Co £511,000 for failing adequately to protect and segregate client money for more than two years.