Investors expecting the FTSE 100 to keep soaring should temper their expectations for growth this year, Invesco Perpetual's Mark Barnett has warned.

J.P. Morgan could be hit with another $2bn of fines over the Bernard Madoff Ponzi scheme, according to reports.

The Guernsey Financial Services Commission (GFSC) has approved the restructure of the suspended EEA Life Settlements fund, in a move which could finally allow investors to exit the fund after a two-year wait.

Gold is on course to record its worst year for more than three decades following huge falls over 2013.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has warned investors about potential scams involving the sale of graphene.

A mixed year for equity markets nonetheless ended on a high, with the FTSE 100 up over 12% year to date and the FTSE All Share 15% ahead, but which stocks thrived and which dived in 2013?

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) has confirmed the UK economy grew by 0.8% in the third quarter, but has revised upwards its growth figures for previous quarters.

Aegon UK is to buy Novia Investment Services Limited (NISL) from parent Novia Financial in a deal which brings its platform development business in-house, IFAonline's sister title Investment Week can reveal.

A year hyped as the start of a great rotation from bonds into equities actually saw more of a trickle out of fixed income, but it was not plain sailing for bond funds.

The UK's headline inflation rate has fallen to its lowest level in four years after edging down to 2.1% in November.