Adviser sentiment towards emerging market investment has increased significantly over the last quarter, according to the latest Baring Asset Management Investment Barometer.

Antony Jenkins, the chief executive of Barclays, has turned down his multi-million pound bonus for 2013 due to the "very significant costs" faced by the bank.

Ed Balls has dismissed claims Labour's plan to reintroduce the 50p top rate of tax is part of an "anti-business agenda" and said the move would be temporary.

Four men have been banned from working in financial services over their ‘disgraceful' behaviour in relation to occupation pensions which saw them net £4m in unnecessary commission.

Shareholders of RSA Insurance have ordered the firm to be put up for sale after the discovery of a £500m shortfall on its books that forced the resignation of its chief executive.

Banks paid out £81.2m last month to compensate businesses mis-sold complex interest rate hedging products.

More workers will have to wait until age 68 for their state pension after the Chancellor confirmed entitlement rules would change quicker.

Lloyds Banking Group is set to sell a further 12% stake in wealth manager St James's Place (SJP) for £390m, according to reports.

The chief executive of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) is "sympathetic" to calculating the scheme's levy based on the risk posed by specific businesses.

Co-op Bank has secured a rescue deal with creditors over the weekend and will release details later today, according to reports.