Investment

Unity Mutual has launched a new type of stocks & shares Lifetime ISA, offering a guaranteed 1.25% interest rate until April, as well as a 25% Government bonus towards your first home or retirement – here's what to watch out for. 

MoneySavingExpert.com founder Martin Lewis has been quick to discredit a "fake advert" that claimed he made money out of a risky form of investment known as 'binary trading'. Not only has Martin never invested in binary options, he would never recommend that others do so.

Older savers who carry on putting money in a pension after withdrawing cash from it face new curbs on the sums they can invest.

Thousands of financial advice firms have been warned they face potential fines or bans after a review by the City watchdog found three-quarters were failing to keep their clients properly informed about charges.

HSBC has widened the compensation net following the revelation salesmen mis-sold investments to the dying.

HSBC will issue almost £30 million in compensation to elderly customers who were mis-sold investments.

The Government says it may consider allowing child trust fund (CTF) holders to convert their money into a junior Isa in future.

The last batch of parents whose offspring are eligible for the child trust fund (CTF) only have a few weeks to choose where to save or invest their free cash, or face having it automatically placed in a poor-paying or risky account.

Banks should separate their investment and retail arms to help prevent a future financial crisis, the Independent Commission on Banking (ICB) said today.