German Chancellor Angela Merkel has pledged to "stand helpfully by Greece's side" but her economy minister said Germany would not offer a cash bailout.

Seven people have been charged with conspiring to defraud investors through a series of alleged boiler room share scams.

FSA plans in the RDR to recognise trade bodies only if they meet a strict set of criteria will likely result in higher fees and lower membership, threesixty warns.

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Around 110,000 women could miss out on thousands of pounds in retirement because they were born just a day too early to benefit from pension rule changes, Liberal Democrat research suggests.

Aviva will expand its distribution channels through e-commerce in 2010, but has no plans to move deeper into the online direct-to-consumer space, says the head of the insurer's UK Life arm.

Aegon has launched a tele-claims service allowing customers to file all of their details with the insurer without filling in a single form, which it says could halve the time it takes to pay out on claims.

The FSA has fined the director of a Gloucestershire-based IFA network £49,000 for putting customers at risk of poor pension switching advice during the business's rapid expansion.

Lord Ashcroft has saved more than £127m in British tax since he became a member of the House of Lords, according to estimates from Liberal Democrat research.

The euro has fallen to a 10-month low against the dollar, amid poor economic data and ongoing concerns about the stability of the Greek economy.