Barclays Bank

Barclays has misled more investors into buying risky funds, recent evidence suggests.

AT8 Group's Mark Loosmore examines how The Tenet Group uses IT to target the needs of the adviser community.

The amount of assets invested in ETFs grew by nearly one-third between the fourth quarter of 2008 and the final three months of last year, data from Barclays Stockbrokers reveals.

The major UK banks are falling as the market absorbs the wider implications of Barack Obama's plans to keep US banks on a tighter leash.

In early trading, the FTSE was steady as a response to President Obama's statement on banking regulation, rising 0.1% to 5343.23, however financial stocks fell as UK markets opened.

Former head of Fidelity FundsNetwork David Dalton-Brown has joined Barclays Wealth to lead its funds division.

Millions of Britons face higher council tax bills to cover the £60bn hole in local government pensions.

The FTSE 100 opened slightly lower this morning after falls on Wall Street and in Asia, dipping 4.76 points (0.09%) to 5,493 in early trading.

Despite ongoing economic turbulence and market volatility almost half of investors (44%) are bullish in their outlook for 2010, according to research.

Early gains among financials offset disappointing Marks and Spencer results to see the FTSE marginally down 0.22% to 5,510.22 in early trading.