Yorkshire-based financial planners Atkinson Smith is to join the IFA-owned wrap proposition, Nucleus.

Ashburton is seeking alpha through recession-friendly consumer buys such as sausages, in its European Equity fund.

Barclays Wealth is reissuing the US and UK versions of its Super Tracker investment strategy for investors predicting an elongated U-shaped recovery.

Barclays Capital has launched two new deposit accounts as part of its latest 'Structured Deposit series for Offshore Bonds' product offering.

Skandia International has added five Invesco funds to its fund range to diversify the breadth of choice available for international advisers.

AXA Isle of Man has teamed up with The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) to develop the AXA IOM Autobalancing fund.

The UK's offshore fund tax rules are changing. Subject to the outcome of a final consultation, with effect from 1 October 2009, offshore funds will be able to elect for ‘reporting fund' status.

The CII says Continuing Professional Development (CPD) should go beyond box-ticking and be at the heart of an IFA's business.

The worst of the economic downturn is over, but recovery is expected to be painful and sluggish, according to the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee.

Jersey risks advertising itself as a ‘safe haven' for tax evaders if it does not extradite an alleged British fraudster involved in advising Crocodile Dundee actor Paul Hogan, says a lawyer at the hearing.