The hideous truth

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has opened a consultation on abolishing the restrictions on the National Employment Savings Trust (NEST).

The dangers of sequence of return risk might come as a shock to cashflow model evangelists

Only one in four advisory firms operates a social media policy for staff despite its increasing use and growing scrutiny from the regulator, research suggests.

A retiree who asked his adviser to review a recommendation to invest in Arch cru under a consumer redress scheme set up by the financial regulator has won compensation after taking his case to the Ombudsman (FOS).

Standard Life was named platform of the year at an awards ceremony in London last night, beating off stiff competition from runners up Transact and Axa Elevate.

Reforms simplifying what happens when someone dies without leaving a will came into force on 1 October.

A financial adviser has been charged with 12 counts of fraud amounting to more than £1m.

The current 55% tax duty payable when pension funds are passed on after death is set to be axed under this government, George Osborne has announced.

Famed fixed income investor Bill Gross is leaving PIMCO, the company he co-founded, to join global investment house Janus Capital Group.