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An Irish funds industry delegation led by former Taoiseach (Prime Minister) John Bruton, President IFSC Ireland, has announced the launch of new representative offices throughout Asia.

Bank of England governor Mervyn King has accepted UK economic growth will be flat over the next six months and has given a stark warning about potential shocks from the eurozone.

The Federal Reserve gave out $1.2trn in loans to US banks secretly in 2008, Federal documents have revealed.

Collapsed private debt management firm DebtDr owes £600,000 to its clients, a BBC investigation has revealed.

Workers at Unilever, which manufactures products such as Marmite and Persil, have voted in favour of strike action over changes to their pensions.

Chancellor George Osborne is expected to claim today he has saved the taxpayer £21.5bn in debt interest payments.

The payment protection insurance (PPI) mis-selling scandal has cost the financial services industry more than three quarters of a billion in redress payments to customers in the first three quarters of the year.

The government will give small firms extra time to prepare for auto-enrolment reforms, the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has confirmed.

Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs (HMRC) has altered its interpretation of annual allowance rules to let investors save more this year.

Shareholders in Resolution Ltd are expected to block any further acquisitions other than life businesses by the company under new rules to be confirmed in January.