Tenet Group has launched an ‘RDR ready' adviser support campaign aimed at helping the four out of five investment advisers who do not hold the necessary qualifications to continue operating post 2012.

Anglo Irish Bank has announced a €12.7bn (£11.4bn) loss in the 15 months to December 31 last year, the largest in Irish corporate history.

The FTSE was up in early morning trading at 5,717.92, rising 38.28 points (0.67%).

IFAs are more optimistic about emerging market and Far East opportunities than they are about those in the UK, according to Virgin Money's Investor Intentions Index.

Global investor confidence is up on last month, according to research by State Street Global Markets.

Four Rio Tinto executives have been found guilty of bribery and stealing secrets by a Chinese court.

The FTSE was at 5708.41 in early trading, down 19.24 points or 0.34%, as investors reacted with caution to a eurozone bail-out plan for Greece.

Alistair Darling will announce a harsh new round of fines for offshore tax evaders in his Budget tomorrow.

Drug companies led the Dow Jones higher on Monday, up 37.72 points (0.35%) to 10779.70, after US lawmakers gave the final approval to sweeping healthcare reforms on Sunday.

Banks and building societies are continuing to provide inappropriate investment advice to the very consumers who bailed them out last year, a Which? investigation concludes.