Investment

Ernst & Young is to appeal a decision of the accountants' disciplinary body over its audit of Equitable Life.

The reputation of financial intermediaries - such as investment consultants - among institutional investors has been heavily damaged by the financial crisis, a survey by KPMG has found.

FTSE has teamed up with specialist currency investment manger Record to launch a range of currency indices

Investment Solutions has launched a fiduciary management service targeting small and medium sized firms.

Redundancies at investment management houses will begin to affect front office operations, Hymans Robertson claims.

Pensions have never been so popular, but only in the sense that they are getting so much attention. Every week someone is raising the danger flag and waving it with some ferocity in our faces.

Last week, PP reported some financiers believed accounting deficit figures and the actuarial profession were "mistrusted" by equity investors.

US low-cost passive investment giant Vanguard is launching its first 11 funds into the UK market this month.

CVC Capital Partners has decided not to make a counter-bid for Barclays Global Investors - a move which clears the way for the fund management firm's acquisition by BlackRock.

Over two-thirds of financial professionals believe that markets behave irrationally, a CFA Society of the UK survey reveals.