Investors who hold bond-like assets issued by Nationwide Building Society can sell them back to the mutual early under an offer made this week.

From Japan to the US via Europe and the UK, L&G Investments' multi-managers Tim Gardner and Alan Thein give their views on the global investment landscape.

Spanish police say they have arrested a former JPMorgan Chase trader wanted by the United States for allegedly falsifying bank records to cover up $6bn in trading losses.

US stock exchanges halted all trading in companies listed on the Nasdaq on Thursday after a "serious" technical issue stopped it from quoting share prices accurately.

RSM Tenon has appointed administrators and has suspended its shares following an announcement this morning a proposed takeover deal by Baker Tilly has fallen through.

AFH Financial Group, an independent financial advisory and discretionary wealth management firm, has raised £2.8m to fund its acquisition strategy.

The son of troubled overseas property company Harlequin's chairman has been disqualified from being a company director for 13 years.

Taxpayer-owned Royal Bank of Scotland could miss its end-2013 deadline to sell 316 branches, a potential bidder has said.

The number of financial advisers operating in the UK has risen slightly in the first half of the year as intermediaries re-enter the market, according to figures from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).

Suspended traded life settlement fund EEA Life Settlements has reported a 10% drop in the net asset value (NAV) of the portfolio.