European ETF assets have reached a milestone of £327bn after 15 years in existence with Blackrock predicting they will have assets of over £650bn (US$1 trillion) in less than five years from now.

The Bank of England announced today that it will keep its Bank Rate at half a per cent in the last review before the General Election on 7 May.

The investment and Financial Planning group Tilney Bestinvest has appointed Martin King as managing director of investment management.

SunLife, the direct-to-consumer financial services company, has appointed Mark Jones as protection director from LV=.

Expat-focused financial advisory group AES International has raised concerns about the impact of the new pension freedoms on expatriate workers.

Moneygate Group, the expanding IFA and financial services business with 200 advisers, is to adopt its Fairstone brand across the entire group.

A leading firm of Chartered Accountants has warned that more middle-income families are being "dragged" into the high rate tax bracket.

Most pension scheme members are unlikely to withdraw all of their pension rights as a lump sum despite the new pension freedoms, according to research from Capita Employee Benefits.

Investors around the world are considering cutting back their exposure to emerging markets in 2015 following a tough 12 months.

Hargreaves Lansdown says that over the past year it has received over 150,000 requests for information regarding the new pension freedoms which came into effect yesterday (6 April) but few are asking to withdraw all their funds at once.