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Software provider Prestwood is offering advisers free places for its financial planning seminars.

Sterling continued its sharp slide against the dollar ahead of housing and inflation data out of the US today. It was trading around $1.8586 in the early morning in London, reports The Telegraph.

UK equities continue to be an attractive long-term investment despite the current market volatility, according to research by Newton Investment Management.

Nucleus chief executive David Ferguson has hit out at critics of the FSA's decision to delay publication of its RDR feedback statement, saying these companies would serve the industry better by questioning the practices of their own organisations.

AdviserCareers.com has listed its 500th job, just days after launching.

The ifs School of Finance has confirmed that its Diploma for Financial Advisers (DipFA), a new qualification benchmarked to QCA Level 4, will cost £500.

Mena-invested funds rocketed in the first half of 2008 while funds registered for sale in the Gulf Cooperation Council region, including Shari'ah compliant funds investing elsewhere, were not spared the problems of current global markets, according to...

Up to 300,000 workers will lose their jobs by 2011, pushing the number of people out of work close to 2m, a leading business group says today, The Times reports.

Dominic Rossi has resigned from his position as head of equities at Threadneedle to join Gartmore as chief investment officer later this year.

Damaged by the Georgia conflict, Russia's stockmarket has lost almost a third of its value in the last two months, according to Michael Konstantinov, manager of the Allianz RCM Bric Stars fund.