House prices climbed in consecutive months for the first time in almost a year, Nationwide figures show, but the building society said prices were now more likely to move modestly lower through the rest of 2011.

FSA chief executive Hector Sants and Treasury financial secretary Mark Hoban are to spend a day with a Sussex IFA in a bid to "better understand" the advice sector.

Andy Curran, former intermediated distribution director at Prudential, is to join Aviva as UK Life retail and partnerships director.

Providers will be able to set the minimum contribution requirements on Junior ISAs.

Aegon UK is linking up with wrap Novia to launch two platform propositions focusing on the 'at retirement' and 'workplace savings' markets.

Barclays was hit with more than 276,000 customer complaints in the second half of last year - or the equivalent of more than 1,500 per day. But how did the major insurance companies fare?

Fee-based wealth adviser Towry EJ has found in favour of the vast majority of clients who had complained over delays in transferring their assets away from the company, FSA figures show.

The Australian dollar has hit a 29-year high against the US dollar on the back of fresh demand for the nation's commodities.

Ken Clarke may have found it a bit boring (bookmaker Ladbrokes paid out on Clarke falling asleep during Osborne's speech), but there were still a number of measures affecting your clients in this week's Budget.

Sesame Bankhall, the combined IFA network and support services proposition, saw profits jump 66% last year to £5m.