The European Central Bank (ECB) today kept interest rates at a record low of 1% for the sixth consecutive month.

The FSA has fined UBS £8m - its third largest fine on record - for allowing four employees unauthorised access to at least 39 customer accounts.

Film and TV star Honor Blackman has waded into the battle over compensation for the one million savers who lost money in the Equitable Life fiasco.

Recruitment prospects in the financial services industry are better than they were a year ago, according to a survey by the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment (CISI).

Insurance Council of Australia chief executive Kerrie Kelly has today been named as the new director general of the Association of British Insurers (ABI).

Aviva today lifts withdrawal restrictions on its unit-linked UK Property fund.

L&G has come out against recent Aviva proposals for a standardised 30% rate of tax relief, saying such a scheme is "an attack on pensions savings".

Capital requirements for insurers should be made substantially stronger says the Committee of European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Supervisors (CEIOPS).

L&G has reported the percentage of UK sales via IFAs fell for the first nine months of the year compared to the same period last year.

No ‘one shot silver bullet' exists to solve banking's problems, FSA chairman Adair Turner said today.