A raft of new measures designed to give regulators more power in tackling city crime are to be unveiled in the Queen's Speech this week.

Businesses need to rethink their approach to finance or the effects of the recession will be unnecessarily prolonged, HSBC research suggests.

Gross lending in the buy-to-let mortgage market grew in Q3 for the first time in two years, according to CML figures.

Better-than-expected unemployment figures and a rosier growth forecast from the Bank of England raised hopes yesterday that Britain was beginning to claw its way towards economic recovery.

The national advisory group, Foster Denovo has appointed Scott Soper as compliance director.

Five leading investment houses will give a series of conferences at venues across the UK from 26 January to the 4 February 2010.

Lloyds Banking Group will cut a further 5,000 roles from its UK operations by the end of next year, it confirmed today.

Barclays profits for the first nine months of the year dropped by almost a fifth following a £6.2bn payout of bad debts charges.

Eldon's Jonathan Bean on becoming a chartered financial planner by the time he is 30.

Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has reported a near 200% rise in profits for the third quarter.