The world economy is just as vulnerable to a financial crisis as it was in 2007, with the added danger that debt ratios are now far higher and emerging markets have been drawn into the fire as well, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) has warned....

The Co-operative Bank has received a £100m cash injection from its former parent as part of attempts to fill a £1.5bn black hole.

Executive pay has grown from 60 times that of the average worker to almost 180 times since the 1990s, according to a report.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has laid out for firms what it views as the differences between ‘information' and ‘investment advice' - and when information can be advice.

Jersey has approved the first regulated Bitcoin fund, overcoming anonymity concerns about the virtual currency, according to its director.

Investors in the failed Arch Cru fund range have so far received £11.8m in redress as a result of the Financial Conduct Authority's (FCA) industry-wide review into the debacle.

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The Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has uncovered two more cases where self-invested personal pension (SIPP) investors in troubled unregulated overseas property scheme Harlequin received poor advice.

Seven out of ten mothers rank family financial security among their top priorities but few are taking out protection cover or talking about the impact of their death, according to a study by Aegon.

An offshore financier who is the brother-in-law of financial services minister Andrea Leadsom has donated £816,000 to the Conservative party since she first successfully ran for parliament at the last election.