Heartwood Wealth Management is launching Balanced and Balanced Income multi-asset funds.

The Treasury has implemented measures designed to support Islamic finance in the UK.

Lloyds Banking Group has announced 585 further job losses, as it moves to close its 58 Black Horse personal loan centres.

The Bank of England's monetary policy committee (MPC) voted unanimously to hold interest rates at 0.5%, minutes from the January meeting showed today.

The number of unemployed has fallen to 2.46 million, the first decline in unemployment since the three months to May 2008, according to Government figures released today. This leaves the jobless rate at 7.8%.

The average house price has increased in real terms by 273% over the past 50 years, according to the Halifax.

Iceland will hold a referendum on 6 March to decide whether to repay debts owed to the UK and Netherlands from the collapse of Icesave bank.

Greece is "about to dive into a Great Depression", according to emerging markets specialists at GLG Partners.

Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is overhauling its intermediary proposition at the end of the month.

There was a 6% rise in the number of companies in financial distress in Q4 2009, bringing the total to 140,000.