Economics / Markets

Ireland's government is confident of victory in today's eurozone fiscal pact referendum as secret official polling forecasts more than 60% of Irish voters will tick the Yes box.

Spain is facing the gravest danger since the end of the Franco dictatorship as the country is frozen out of global capital markets and slides towards an epic showdown with Europe.

JPMorgan Chase is spinning out the "special investments group" from its troubled chief investment office (CIO) as executives clean up the division that caused $2bn trading losses, according to people familiar with the matter.

The head of Ten Downing Street's policy unit under the premiership of John Major is set to join the board of Lloyds Banking Group, the taxpayer-backed lender.

Asian markets fell more than 1% in some regions overnight, with the wider area set for its biggest monthly drop since the financial crisis of 2008.

Markets in Europe were selling-off across the board today as Spain's banking crisis deepens.

The Bank of England (BoE) is likely to be urged today to take on a full range of powers under its new regulatory remit, including a controversial right to restrict mortgage lending during a housing boom.

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) is being asked to explain why it dropped a fraud investigation against a hedge fund manager who was later fined £3m by the Financial Services Authority (FSA) for deceiving clients.

Investment bank Morgan Stanley has warned the ramifications of Greece exiting the euro are more serious than markets are anticipating, with a full-scale eurozone collapse now more likely.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is telling banks, building societies and credit unions to publicise more prominently the guarantee schemes which apply to their customers' deposits.