British businesses are seeing costs rise far more slowly than the headline inflation rate, signalling that price increases are set to return to the Bank of England's target, according to leading economic analysts.

The FSA will collect more data from firms after 2012 and monitor their activities to "mitigate the risk of poor consumer outcomes" and make sure they have implemented its adviser charging rules.

(Updated) The FSA is proposing to add two new sections to the RMAR meaning firms must disclose adviser and consultancy charging revenue as well as data on client numbers and charging structures.

It was about eight years ago when I, a young man who should nevertheless have known better, fell victim to banks’ inexhaustible efforts to flog PPI to anyone and everyone.

The UK faces a £9trn shortfall in savings to support the next generation after they stop work, according to a report from the Chartered Insurance Institute (CII).

The general consensus is (read: always has been) that the widespread mis-selling of investment bonds was the main reason behind the RDR.

Wealth manager St James's Place says strong sales and its "excellent" retention of existing client funds helped it negate the effects of a slow quarter in stock markets.

Britain's economic growth will fall significantly short of official forecasts as government cuts take their toll, according to a leading think-tank.

Zurich Financial Services saw operating profits and net income drop by a third in the first three months of the year as the Japan earthquakes and tsunami and the slow economic recovery in the US and Europe took hold.

Imagine a world in which a financial services regulator pre-approves products and forbids their sale without advice.