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Updated: The FTSE 100 got off to a weak start on Friday but stablised by mid-morning following efforts in several European countries to calm volatility in share trading.

Graduates auto-enrolled into pensions should be allowed to use their employers' contributions to pay off their debts, Ros Altmann, director-general of Saga, said.

Consumers who want or would benefit from buying a financial product must have access to a range of simple plans which "do what they say on the tin", the Financial Services Consumer Panel (FSCP) said today.

Standard and Poor's (S&P) has launched the Next Emerging 40 index, which provides exposure to emerging markets beyond Brazil, Russia, India and China (Bric).

The UK's major banks remain on course to meet their targets for lending to businesses as part of their commitment to Project Merlin.

It may be a delicate subject, but it is often left to financial advisers to remind clients of their mortality.

While France's banking sector may be holding its breath fearing it's the cause of the country being threatened with a credit rating downgrade, the country's hedge fund industry has been given cause to celebrate.

Structured product investors with investments maturing this month are one group unlikely to suffer capital losses from the recent market volatility, according to comparison site StructuredProductReview.com.

Lord McFall has called for an industry code of practice to establish a normal 0.5% for defined contribution (DC) pension fund management fees.

It's been a tumultuous week for traders on the floors of the world's biggest stock exchanges. Here's how they took it all in...