A white label web service enabling advisers' clients to apply for ISAs without the need for face-to-face advice has been launched by Sinfonia Asset Management.

A third more companies fell into bankruptcy in 2009 than the year before, according to official statistics released today.

Disappointing US jobless data coupled with meltdown fears in Greece and Portugal as well as poor figures from Shell, hammered share prices in London today.

The European Central Bank (ECB) kept its main interest rate on hold at a record low of 1% for the ninth month running today, in line with expectation.

Skandia and Henderson New Star are among a number of multi-asset groups to start bumping up their weightings to Japan, as they believe the beleaguered country could see a reversal in its fortunes this year.

Existing financial planners may need to re-think their client propositions as the RDR's drive for professionalism closes the gap between them and traditional advisers, threesixty says.

Barclays has misled more investors into buying risky funds, recent evidence suggests.

Britain has fewer bank branches per customer than almost any other leading nation, an investigation reveals.

Investment banks have been told bonuses must comply with the regulatory guidelines - or they face having their licences to operate in Britain revoked.

Providers offering process short cuts and adviser incentives may be driving competition, but this will not build a strong distribution model in the long-term, Aegon's Alun Beynon says.