Encouraging enterprise was a central motif of George Osborne's Autumn Statement. But how attractive are the measures to advisers?

Patrick Evershed and New Star have agreed a confidential settlement, bringing to an end the former fund manager's claim for unfair dismissal.

Kevin Steele, a former partner of the solicitors' firm Mishcon de Reya (MDR) has been convicted of forgery and two fraud offences at Southwark Crown Court.

Hargreaves Lansdown has added an "ultra-low-cost" UK tracker fund to its Vantage platform.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has appointed the group finance director of Rathbones to a non-executive role on board of the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS).

Advisers should consider the ownership of a platform when doing their due diligence as foreign-owned platforms are historically more likely to pull out of the market, according to Ascentric managing director Hugo Thorman.

Advisers with clients invested in life settlement fund EEA have branded the Financial Services Authority's (FSA) rhetoric on traded life policy investments (TPLIs) "reckless" after the fund was forced to close.

The EEA Life Settlements Fund has suspended dealings, after receiving "unprecedented" levels of redemption requests from advisers and institutional investors.

Public sector workers continue to be paid more than their private sector counterparts despite the introduction of a two year state pay freeze, research published today suggested.

Our round-up of Chancellor George Osborne's key economic announcements from today's Autumn Statement.