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Bank of England set for climbdown on inflation forecasts

15:01 | 09 Feb 2010 | By Deborah Hyde

Bank governor Mervyn King will be fighting to keep face tomorrow as the bank's inflation and growth forecasts lie in tatters.  

An income at retirement without the long-term commitment

12:18 | 09 Feb 2010 | By Lorna Bourke

Choice is growing for retirees who want a guaranteed income over an agreed period of time without being locked in for the rest of their lives.

Sants reaction: Sympathy for FSA chief in 'impossible job'

11:54 | 09 Feb 2010 | By Matthew Goodburn

Investment managers sympathetic but not too surprised by Hector Sants' resignation as chief of the FSA after almost three years in the job.

Sants quits as head of FSA

10:22 | 09 Feb 2010 | By Nicholas Paler

FSA chief executive Hector Sants has resigned from the regulator.

Shares make only modest opening gains

09:06 | 09 Feb 2010 | By Deborah Hyde

British Land said the valuation of its properties has risen 8% in three months, boosting Lloyds and RBS.

UBS back to profit but wealth arm suffers further outflows

09:06 | 09 Feb 2010 | By Matthew Goodburn

Swiss bank UBS has returned to profitability in its 4th quarter but concerns remain over accelerating wealth arm outflows

Myners: Excessive bonuses are damaging pension funds

09:04 | 09 Feb 2010 | By Michelle McGagh

City minister Lord Myners is expected to tell institutional investors they have not done enough to oppose excessive bonuses, in a speech to the NAPF today, according to reports.

RBS and Lloyds lending falls short of bailout obligations, say MPs

09:01 | 09 Feb 2010 | By Chris Marshall

Bailed-out banks are not lending enough and the Treasury has few sanctions to make them do so, warns the Committee of Public Accounts.

Why all the signs point to a slump in the markets

08:31 | 09 Feb 2010 | By Daniel Grote

Concerns about how far Greek debt contagion will spread caused the FTSE 100 to plunge at the end of last week, but worryingly sovereign debt is only one of the drivers that could cause the markets to enter the second leg of a double dip.

Tuesday Papers: tips and comment

07:02 | 09 Feb 2010 | By Himanshu Singh

SAP, the German software company, has let chief executive Léo Apotheker go after less than a year.

Tuesday Papers: Traders in record bet against the euro - other news

06:57 | 09 Feb 2010 | By Himanshu Singh

Traders and hedge funds have bet nearly $8bn (€5.9bn) against the euro, amassing the biggest ever short position in the single currency on fears of a eurozone debt crisis.

Tuesday Papers: BSkyB acts fast to reduce ITV stake - bid news and gossip

06:52 | 09 Feb 2010 | By Himanshu Singh

British Sky Broadcasting on Monday night extricated itself from its controversial investment in ITV when it placed 404m shares with Morgan Stanley at 48.5p per share.

Tax changes are coming – here’s how to prepare

00:01 | 09 Feb 2010 | By Lorna Bourke

End of year tax planning should start early this year as there is a raft of changes of which high earners must take account. 

Big Freeze kept house buyers and shoppers indoors in January

00:01 | 09 Feb 2010 | By Deborah Hyde

An increasing number of surveyors are expecting house prices to rise in 2010 - despite a lull in house buying in January.  

FTSE struggles to keep head above water as global debt worries weigh

15:07 | 08 Feb 2010 | By Deborah Hyde

Shares had been riding high in morning deals but ongoing fears about how Greek debt woes could affect the UK weighed in afternoon deals.

Philip Gibbs: Obama's reforms will hurt US banks

13:54 | 08 Feb 2010 | By Matthew Goodburn

Jupiter's star financials manager Philip Gibbs says President Obama's proposals would lead to a temporary lack of competitiveness.

Barclays star turns bearish and sells shares

13:51 | 08 Feb 2010 | By Dylan Lobo

Barclays' asset allocation guru says investors should not 'dance on the edge of the volcano' and should sell this liquidity-fuelled equity rally now.

Is the market rally really dependent on quantitative easing?

11:26 | 08 Feb 2010 | By Charlie Parker

It may be unclear just how correlated the stockmarket's rebound has been to quantitative easing announcements, but the withdrawal of fiscal support is a cause for concern

Nine shares that make you money from the World Cup

11:23 | 08 Feb 2010 | By Deborah Hyde

Shares in selected retailers and drinks groups have been lifted by every World Cup since 1990.  

UK investors rely on just five stocks for income

09:10 | 08 Feb 2010 | By Drazen Jorgic

Research from Capital Registrars underlines how dependent UK investors have become of just five stocks to meet their income needs.

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