The FSCS has paid investors back on tax claims relating to Lifemark ISAs.
PruProtect's annual premium income increased 141% in the first quarter of 2010 compared to the same period a year ago.
The FSA has banned and fined a share-ramping stockbroker £2.8m in its biggest ever penalty against an individual.
Advisers are divided over how and when to deal with a potential "double tax hit" expected to be announced in an emergency Budget on 22 June.
The CEO of Rolls-Royce has sold nearly half his shares ahead of an expected capital gains tax (CGT) rise which has prompted open rebellion from grassroots Tories.
The FSA has arrested a man for insider dealing in a dawn raid on a property in East London.
Insurer Royal Liver has put a possible takeover deal by Royal London on the table to members at the Groups' AGM.
The number of unresolved complaints against IFAs referred to the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) fell 1% last year, compared to a 2% rise in disputes against banks.
The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) hit a 17-month high of 3.7% in April, forcing Bank of England Governor Mervyn King to write to new Chancellor George Osborne to explain why.
Two investors seeking the immediate return of their money from a bank linked to US Ponzi swindler Bernard Madoff had their request turned down by a Dutch court yesterday.