Financial advice firms will avoid the lure of joining a national or network IFA in the build-up to 2012 and instead look to join forces with like-minded propositions, research suggests.

Financial advisers may be able to time-bar client complaints by altering their terms of business (ToB) contracts in a dramatic development in the ongoing long-stop saga.

Police in north Cornwall are working to identify a man's body found on a beach as they continue their search for missing Rowanmoor Pensions joint managing director David Seaton.

The HSBC bank is trying to gain an even larger share of the mortgage market by launching a new deal at just 1.99% for borrowers with a 40% deposit.

Positive US job figures failed to spur the Dow Jones in early trading on Wednesday.

Aviva paid out more than £140m in critical illness (CI) and life insurance claims during the first half of the year.

Police are hunting for Rowanmoor Pensions joint managing director David Seaton, who has been missing for more than a week.

Lloyds Banking Group is among the fallers in early trading on Wednesday on rumours it is close to securing a deal that will see some of its bad loans insured under the Government's asset insurance scheme.

A dozen regional events enabling advisers to give their feedback in person on draft core units agreed for QCF Level 4 qualifications have been announced by the Financial Services Skills Council (FSSC).

The chief executive of mortgage network Premier has been banned after the FSA said the firm's "remote" relationship with its appointed representatives (ARs) exposed consumers to poor advice and allowed criminal activity to go unchecked.