Economics / Markets

A former director of Barclays has accused the Commons Treasury committee of launching a "completely unacceptable" character assassination of the bank's former chief executive Bob Diamond.

Chancellor George Osborne and the Bank of England have given up on promoting economic growth and current police could cause "irreparable damage", Alistair Darling has warned.

Profits at Royal London fell by 25% in the first half of the year as a slow market hit new sales and low interest rates affected revenues from customers' policies.

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National IFA AWD Chase de Vere is to open an office in Chester.

Lloyds Banking Group has sold off a £1bn portfolio of private equity investments as part of its plan to offload non-essential holdings.

Seven major banking groups, including HSBC and Royal Bank of Scotland, have been summoned to appear before US regulators investigating the LIBOR fixing scandal.