A series of quarter-point interest rate hikes will begin in May, according to analysts examining Bank of England governor Mervyn King's latest obligatory letter to the Chancellor.

The typical deposit needed by first-time buyers to secure a property has almost trebled in the last three years and now tops £31,000, according to the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML).

Asset manager Syndicate has promoted Mark Cheshire from interim to full-time group chief executive.

Former head of the RDR at the FSA Amanda Bowe has joined Aegon UK as group compliance director.

David Wood, an independent investment adviser formerly employed by IFAs Courts and Thinc Group, has been charged with several counts of fraud, theft and forgery over an 11-year period.

Britain's housing market is set to grind to a halt this year as worried consumers think twice before moving house and banks continue to be wary about lending, according to the Centre for Economics and Business Research.

Another glitzy Professional Adviser Awards night, another batch of happy winners. And here they all are...

Advisory firms must wrest back control of their clients' assets from fund houses and insurance companies or risk "perpetuating the crime" of devaluing the distribution chain, Succession CEO Simon Chamberlain says.

Hargreaves Lansdown posted a 40% jump in operating profit in the final six months of 2010, but says the figure would have been "significantly higher" but for a £3m FSCS bill to help compensate customers of failed investment businesses.

Melanie Bien, director of Private Finance, queries why the coalition would scale back its free debt advice service at the very moment more people may need it.