News

National Insurance Contributions (NICs) holidays have come into effect for new businesses outside London, the South East and East of England.

Canada Life is introducing telephone interviewing for all of its group insurance products.

The Global Bond sector reached its highest ever monthly sales figure in July, according to the IMA.

Adrian Frost and Adrian Gosden of Artemis are to run a new UK and global income fund for St. James's Place (SJP).

iShares has launched the first ETF providing liquid exposure to the European high yield debt market.

A group of institutional shareholders is threatening to issue a joint letter demanding the resignation of Harvey McGrath as chairman of Prudential.

M&G is launching what it believes to be the first inflation-linked corporate bond fund aimed at retail investors in the UK.

Britain's largest banks will present their "living wills" to the FSA next month, ahead of the G20 summit of leading industrialised nations in South Korea.

The Institute of Financial Planning (IFP) beat expectations to post a near £85,000 surplus in 2009.

The FTSE 100 opened higher, up 0.47% or 25.67 points to 5,453.82, in response to Friday's better than expected US jobs data.