Treasury

ProShares has launched two ETFs providing leveraged exposure to the US Treasury market on the NYSE Arca exchange.

The rebrand of personal accounts to NEST will not prevent the dangers underpinning the government-backed pension scheme, warns independent policy adviser Ros Altmann.

Source has released four base metal T-ETCs comprising aluminium, copper, nickel and zinc on the Xetra platform of the Deutsche Boerse.

Chancellor Alistair Darling is expected to delay the introduction of Personal Accounts for a year as part of spending cuts in the Pre-Budget Report.

Northern Rock will be split in two as part of a restructure, the Treasury has confirmed.

British taxpayers stand behind more than £167bn of toxic assets in the US, Ireland, the Middle East and beyond, it has emerged as the Treasury disclosed details of what Royal Bank of Scotland has dumped in the state insurance scheme for bad debts.

The Government's spending watchdog, the National Audit Office (NAO), is to investigate the FSA.

ProShares Trust has released an ETF offering short exposure to long-term US treasury bonds, listed on NYSE Arca.

The UK faces a slow recovery from recession as the financial crisis continues to impact on public and private spending, according to the Bank of England.

The Government has brought forward its review of the UK's retirement age, it has confirmed today.