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Average bonuses for directors of FTSE 350 companies soared by 187% since 2002, despite companies' share prices failing to follow suit, a new report has revealed.

Ivan Massow, the entrepreneur who once ran the UK's 10th largest advice firm, is mounting a direct challenge to IFAs with a new online service to help consumers slash ongoing commission they pay for advice they no longer receive.

Alistair Darling has launched a scathing attack on Mervyn King's governorship of the Bank of England during the financial crisis - and warned the coalition government's decision to hand more power to the institution is a mistake.

HMRC is stepping up a campaign to target the super-rich by targeting people using overseas companies or trusts to hide property deals.

RBS, HSBC and Barclays ignored warnings from third party advisers before selling on billions of dollars of toxic mortgage debt to Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac in the lead-up to the financial crisis, court papers have alleged.

In a generally busy month for trading, caused by market volatility, ETFs saw some of the largest rises in activity on the Six Swiss Exchange.

A bogus financial adviser who fraudulently manipulated his "clients'" pension funds to avoid paying tax of over ₤1.9m has been jailed at Hull Crown Court for three years.

Government health reforms still pose an "unacceptably high risk to the NHS" and should be scrapped, according to the British Medical Association (BMA).

US markets fell over 2% in early trading today on the back of figures showing no jobs were created in August.

A Swiss Re report examining the accuracy of mortality projection models includes several interesting facts about life expectancy. Here are a few of our favourties from that report (plus a few others from elsewhere).