HSBC

Financials dominate Forbes 2010 list of the biggest, most powerful companies in the world after a year of stellar performance and eye-watering profits.

NEST Corp has announced F&C Asset Management will run its ethical fund.

HSBC has launched four single country emerging market ETFs providing exposure to Indonesian, Korean, Malaysian and Taiwanese equities.

Joanne Young looks at the divergent opportunities within the BRIC consortium and the prospects for economies underlying these ETFs

Ministers are to outline plans for a universal state pension which they say will help people currently working prepare for a "different sort of world" in retirement.

HSBC chairman Douglas Flint has warned major UK banks are bringing forward potential plans to relocate overseas due to uncertainty over the future regulatory structure of the financial sector.

HSBC has launched two ETFs tracking Latin American equities on the London Stock Exchange, growing its range to 18 funds.

Harvey Sidhu has joined BlackRock's Index Equity Portfolio Management Group, to manage developed market equity iShares portfolios.

HSBC has reported pre-tax profits of $19bn (£11.8bn)for 2010 - more than doubling the previous year's figure of $7.1bn.