Prudential has appointed a new chief executive and executive director of Prudential with immediate effect.

Proposed changes to the dividend tax credits system are set to come under the spotlight in the The House of Lords.

The total levy to fund the FSCS will rise in 2016/17 to £363m.

The European exchange-traded fund industry experienced its best-ever year in 2015, Morningstar has reported.

The Government’s move to cap “rip off” early exit charges was made after its research found over 670,000 consumers aged 55 or over have faced such a penalty, officials have revealed.

Legal & General Investment Management has appointed a new head of private assets in a bid to develop the firm's private debt business.

Thomas Miller Investment has appointed a new investment analyst to its Alternative Investment Research team.

BlackRock’s iShares has claimed to have launched a “world first for investing in Israel”.

Purchases of investment companies on platforms by advisers and wealth managers reached £549m over the first three quarters of 2015, according to The Association of Investment Companies.

A retirement planning boss believes that a single flat rate of pension tax relief could be the “boost to pensions simplification we’ve needed for a long time”.