Investors are being enticed by promises of high, often guaranteed, returns but buying investments from unregulated firms offers fewer protections when something goes wrong. Here’s what to look out for ...

The average investment trust generated higher returns than cash in every ten-year period throughout the last decade, according to the Association of Investment Companies (AIC). Rather than putting ...

Interactive Investors’ decision to stop providing accounts to investment clubs put the novice trading groups at risk, but a new player has swooped in to enter the market and continue kitchen table tra ...

PensionBee’s calculations suggest that, on average, Generation X savers will be left with a retirement pot worth £88,444 ...

The Russell 2000, an index of US-based small cap stocks, hit a new all-time high of 2,488 on 23 September. Over the preceding three months, the index’s gains of 15.6% outpace those of its large-cap ...

Residential landlords had to pay an average of £13,713 each in tax from undisclosed rental income last year, the highest amount since a crackdown began a little over a decade ago ...

Putting a figure on how much you have in pension savings now makes it much easier to work out how much you can drawdown each ...

Auto-enrolment rules mean most staff have a workplace pension but some employers are more generous than others. We reveal the sectors that contribute the most.

Intermediate Capital Group (LSE: ICG) is an overlooked powerhouse in the fast-growing world of alternative assets. ICG operates in resilient, growth-orientated markets and has grown its fee-earning ...

The insurer Beazley is unusually profitable at present, and that looks set to continue. The stock is also a valuable portfolio diversifier, says Jamie Ward ...

The Online Safety Act was passed by the previous Conservative government in 2023 – with very broad cross-party support – that aims to protect users, especially children, online.

Jair Bolsonaro, the US president’s friend and fellow right-wing populist, has been handed a 27-year prison sentence in Brazil. But the drama looks far from over ...