Chief secretary to the Treasury - and Liberal Democrat - Danny Alexander has ruled out a further cut to the top rate of income tax before next year's general election.

Need for advice among high-value investors still increasing.

A former investment adviser has been fined £19,900 and banned by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) for fabricating his Statement of Professional Standing by using a template he found online.

Mattioli Woods has reported an increase in both group revenues and profits as the effects of rule changes brought in following the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) boosted its wealth management division.

Wealth manager St James's Place (SJP) saw net inflows of £4.3bn in 2013, a 28% year-on-year rise.

The Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) should hold off on raising interest rates even though its stated threshold for doing so - a fall in the unemployment rate to 7% - is in sight, according to a report.

Alliance Trust Savings (ATS) is offering £150 cash back to customers who open a new account and transfer their investment from another provider to an ATS ISA or individual dealing account (IDA).

Martin Wheatley, the chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), has said the regulator regrets the time it took between the conception of a Retail Distribution Review (RDR) in 2006 and the roll-out of new rules more than six years later....

The Association of Investment Companies (AIC) is putting together a list of shares and securities independent advisers can continue to recommend after restrictions on their use of higher-risk unregulated investments come into force next year.

J.P.Morgan Chase & Co has revealed it paid more than 100 of its top staff in the UK an average of £2m each in 2012.