Swiss Re achieved a net income of $1.5bn (£1.1bn) in the first quarter of the year, a year-on-year increase of 19 per cent.

reported net inflows of £0.6bn from open business, a significant improvement from the £0.1bn of outflows in the prior year’s ...

An investment trust has proposed a 66 per cent tender offer after reaching an agreement with activist investor Saba Capital.

The subsequent 2022-25 strategy candidly admitted that “many SFO systems and ways of working — from our IT to investigative ...

Investors are entering election week with low confidence in the UK economy, according to data from investing platform eToro. A survey of 1,000 retail investors found just 34 per cent were confident in ...

Aviva has expanded its partnership with Tesco Insurance & Money Services with the launch of critical illness cover. Available from today (May 6), the critical illness plan can be purchased alongside ...

Governance is sometimes neglected, as it is not ‘sexy’ like octane-fuelled investment performance. In practice, governance is failing: on over-mighty consultants, over-concentration of trustees, the ...

The Investing and Saving Alliance (Tisa) has urged the government to review systemic risks that may arise from the introduction of a digital ID system, adding that confidence will be central to ...

The Financial Conduct Authority will review the claims management market after concerns consumers are being failed. The ...

Some 70 per cent of financial planning firms say artificial intelligence will not impact their headcount this year, according ...

Pivotal has bought two mortgage and protection brokerages in the south-east of England. The firm said Purely Financial ...

It has been nearly a decade of mergers, break-ups and rebrands that saw one of Britain’s best-known financial services names ...