Gordon Brown has confirmed the General Election will be held on 6 May, with the state of the economy and the future of financial services regulation to be the key manifesto targets.

Most did, some didn't (you know who you are!).

A 2% contribution charge levied on members of NEST suggests the FSA's Basic Advice scheme will fail, Sesame says.

IFAs should wear "neutral" colours in client meetings to reflect their independent status, the FSA proposes.

Roman Abramovich will be forced to publicly explain his business dealings and ties to the Kremlin after he failed yesterday to strike out a £2bn lawsuit brought by his former business partner Boris Berezovsky.

The get-tough attitude of the FSA in response to the credit crunch has produced a second successive year of record breaking fines.

There may be four days until the end of the tax year, but varying investment company deadlines and the Easter break mean advisers must be on their toes.

Now that you have all read the FSA's latest RDR paper in full (naturally), IFAonline welcomes you to its ever-so-slightly leftfield guide to last week's developments...

AWD UK, which now encompasses AWD Chase de Vere alone, turned a profit last year for the first time since 2006 following a restructure of the business.

The sudden drop in Gartmore's share price following the announcement yesterday of fund manager Guillaume Rambourg's suspension has been illustrated in a dramatic 'cliff edge' graph.