Greece will this month launch a multibillion-dollar bond in the US, selling itself for the first time as an emerging market country as demand for its debt dwindles in Europe.

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has increased its conviction rate in cases brought before the courts to more than 90%.

Taxpayers and companies who deliberately evade taxes face having their names, addresses and details of their evasion made public under new legislation which comes into force today.

Alternative assessments developed by the CII to test for QCF Level 4 could cost about £550 more than its written equivalent, due to the extra costs of one-to-one learning.

Advisers who bemoan the quality of new entrants to financial services could help fill the skills gaps by going into schools and talking up the industry, the Financial Services Skills Council (FSSC) says.

Child Trust Funds (CTFs) could solve Britain's debt problem if linked with inheritance tax (IHT) as a part of a wider, inter-generational asset strategy, experts say.

Almost a fifth (18%) of people retiring in 2010 expect to receive less than £10,000 a year from their pensions and investments, as expected incomes drop for the third year runnning, research suggests.

Part-nationalised banks led declines on the FTSE in late Tuesday trading amid concerns about what the Government plans to do with its stakes in them after the General Election.

A fifth of top UK IFAs are growing their business by 10% a year, a survey suggests, but at a cost for some of the near-total collapse of their profit margins.

Britain's emergence from an 18-month recession was stronger than first thought, according to revised ONS data.