The FTSE has pushed above 6,000 today, on the back of strong performance from the US with the Dow Jones soaring to a two year high.

The coalition government's cuts to child benefit for anyone earning over £44,000 is ‘a worry' and answers from the Treasury are ‘not good enough', pensions minister Steve Webb has been caught saying.

The FTSE 100 closed at its highest level since 2008 last night but has fallen back in today's trading following late weakness in the US.

Germany, the strongest country in the eurozone, has vetoed any increase in the €440bn rescue package.

NEST's reliance on gilts to provide steady growth in its default fund will leave many of the most vulnerable savers with the lowest income exposed to inflation, No Monkey Business (NMB) warns.

The State pension age will reach 66 by 2020, Chancellor George Osborne said today.

The FTSE climbed 1.1% this morning to 5,724.37 after rumours of more quantitative easing from the Federal Reserve gained momentum last night.

The release of the minutes of the US Federal Reserve Open Market Committee (FOMC) on 21 September show a widespread support for a round of quantitative easing (QE).

The FTSE rose 0.70% this morning after the Dow Jones closed last night 1.80% higher.

French MEPs may veto the Alternative Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) including a key provision for passporting of investment products, which would allow fund managers to sell products across Europe.