An investment firm has launched its first fully automated investment process wholly managed by artificial intelligence - designed to “eliminate human emotions”.

A former financial adviser has been jailed for eight and a half years over investment fraud totalling more than £6 million.

An investment firm is calling on the new Chancellor to bring in flat rate tax relief on pensions tomorrow when he makes his first Autumn Statement.

Mark Dampier, head of investment research at Hargreaves Landsdown, gives his take on the world of investments with a key global event – the US Presidential Election – in the final throes.