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Global commercial property rents experienced the biggest decline in Q2 for five years with surveyor sentiment remaining depressed, according to Q2 2009 RICS Global Commercial Property Survey.

Alistair Darling will today grill the chairmen and chief executives of Britain's largest banks over concerns that lenders are still failing to provide adequate capital to businesses, according to the Times.

The Government wants the UK insurance industry to work more closely with it to manage risks in society.

UK stocks rose in early trade with the FTSE heading for its eleventh straight day of gains.

Britons are trailing behind the worldwide average when it comes to pension savings, warns a new report.

Friends Provident has ended discussions with Resolution after rejecting yet another takeover proposal by the Clive Cowdery-led group.

Emerging Global Advisors has launched an emerging markets sector ETF, which tracks a composite index comprising a range of sectors across emerging market countries.

Wall Street share prices fell back in early trade as poor results from Microsoft dragged tech stocks downwards.

The FSA has been accused of betraying with-profits investors by allowing insurance companies to continue making compensation payments from inherited estates.

A tenth of BDO Stoy Hayward's partners will be leaving the firm.