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Income investors could lose out if coalition Government forces extra levies on banks

The beleaguered Wall Street bank Goldman Sachs boasted that it was making tens of millions of dollars of profits daily by betting against its own clients' investments, according to internal emails released by a US senator.

Sanlam Investment Management's Kokkie Kooyman has boosted exposure to emerging market banks in the Global Financial fund from 60% last September to 64%.

You save without paying UK tax on the interest you earn, providing all ISA conditions are met - that's the simple appeal of ISA accounts.

As regulators attempt to place more controls on short positions, analysis shows interest in UK banks is on the wane

The FTSE has risen by 0.5%, or 27.8 points to 5342.92 today, buoyed by unexpectedly cheery news for banks.

All ingrained beliefs, however deep, face occasional challenges. The trick is to understand whether the challenge is legitimate, in which case we must be willing to revise our beliefs, or opportunist and/or short-sighted, in which case we should not

Banks led the FTSE to an early gain in Thursday trade following reports Bank of America (BoA) is poised to repay its $45bn US Government bailout.

Early trading saw the FTSE 100 fall after reaching a 12-month high on Monday.

With quantative easing measures contributing to strong market rallies, it could be that the worst of the cuts in dividends is over