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British banks borrowed more than $1trn (£640bn) from the Federal Reserve during the financial crisis, led by Barclays following its swoop on the US business of Lehman Brothers.

Global stocks are continuing to surge today on expectations the ECB will step up its government bond purchases to ease pressure on the ailing eurozone.

Spurred by criticism of its pro-RDR mantra, Surrey-based adviser firm Informed Choice invited advisers to spend the day with the company to learn how it operates. MD Martin Bamford outlines how the day went...

The owners of IFA firm CBK Colchester have repackaged and renamed the business to meet the changing buying habits of consumers and an evolving regulatory landscape.

Alex Morris, of IFA firm Financial Relationships, on the little discussed issue of how many IFAs will leave in the first two years post-2012.

At a joint event with REFORM think tank, Cicero Consulting, director and chief corporate counsel Iain Anderson, has called for the oversight role of HM Treasury to be enhanced in the new UK regulatory framework.

PruHealth has joined with state healthcare bodies in backing the government's public health white paper.

The Department of Health's Commission on Funding of Care and Support has called for evidence and fresh perspectives on the future funding of care and support.

Former Bank of England policymaker David Blanchflower has called for Mervyn King to quit over the US WikiLeaks affair.

A former Deloitte Tax partner and his wife have been charged with insider dealing by the SEC in the US as part of a joint investigation with the FSA.