The FSA will continue to tighten financial regulation until the UK banking system becomes more liquid and less leveraged, says FSA managing director Sally Dewer.

Wrap provider Novia is offering advisers an exclusive version of the protected Julius Baer Physical Gold fund.

Investors who try to renege on property deals in the wake of the recession are liable to face court orders to complete, lawyers warn.

The UK has been hit so hard by the recession it now sits below developing countries Nigeria and Panama in the financial stability rankings, says a report by the World Economic Forum today.

The OECD says its leading indicators for August 2009 continue to point to recovery in all major economies including the UK.

Commodities investor Jim Rogers has forecast a boom in commodities as demand for raw materials exceeds supply for the next twenty years.

Principal Investment Management has added two senior managers to its investment team as part of its continuing expansion strategy.

The FSA has fined London-based investment bank and stockbroker Seymour Pierce Limited £154,000 for failing to detect employee fraud carried out over three years.

Lloyds Banking Group has submitted new plans to the FSA in a bid to cut its participation in the government-backed toxic debt insurance scheme.

Widely different attitudes to pensions savings mean employers and employees are "sleepwalking into a retirement disaster", new research from BlackRock suggests.