Europe

US and European markets tumbled this afternoon amid fresh concerns over the state of the US economy.

Following the market lows in early March 2009, there was a strong rally in UK equities as confidence grew throughout last year over the increasing signs of a recovery despite the economy struggling to leave recession.

Greece has greatly threatened its chances of an EU bail-out by slamming Germany over war-time atrocities and accusing Italy of hiding public debt.

Mike Morrison discusses how the recent Carson case should heighten awareness of pension issues for those who have retired abroad

The standoff between Greece and the EU refuses to lie down, however it was IFAonline.co.uk's sister title 'Risk' magazine which skilfully pinned down the exact numbers in an article published in 2003.

Greece is preparing to launch a multi-billion euro bond issue in order to manage its short term debt and ballooning budget deficit.

Little-known changes to the way provider tax is calculated under Solvency II will push up premiums with no added benefit to customers, LV='s head of protection says.

Solvency II will spur a wave of merger and acquisition (M&A) activity among insurers, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) predicts.

Merger and acquisition (M&A) activity in European financial services, excluding government-led deals, sunk to its lowest levels for six years in 2009, according to figures from PricewaterhouseCoopers.

The British Insurance Brokers' Association (BIBA) has hit out at the industry's regulators for imposing what it calls ‘disproportionate' fee hikes and one-off levies on its members.