The Pensions Regulator (TPR) should monitor all defined contribution (DC) pension schemes - whether they are trust or contact based, a lobby group says.

Rates for both conventional and enhanced annuities fell by more than 2% in the last three months, analysis from MGM Advantage shows.

Deputy governor of the Bank of England Paul Tucker hit back at former Barclays chief executive, Bob Diamond over the LIBOR scandal yesterday.

A ‘potentially misleading' advert for Ivan Massow's commission retrieval website, which appeared in The Times, will not be printed again after a complaint to the Advertising Standards Agency (ASA).

A group of Lloyds shareholders suing directors over the 2008 HBOS takeover will use the LIBOR scandal as further proof they were misled into backing the deal.

The decision by Lighthouse Group to de-list from AIM was "shoddy" and will disproportionately hurt the majority of shareholders, Cavendish Asset Management has said.

Trade body the Tax Incentivised Savings Association (TISA) will set up a committee to monitor the Financial Services Authority's Client Assets and Client Assets and Client Money Rules.

The Bank of England and Barclays were in almost daily contact over inter-bank lending at the end of October 2008, according to newly released emails.

Supermarket Asda has rebranded its financial services offering in a bid to better compete with its rivals.

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