The FSA has proposed extending its approved persons regime to include individual mortgage advisers in a bid to improve standards and stop rogue employees from moving round the industry.

Aegon has let go four members of its European equity team as part of a restructure which will also see the departure of the group's sales and marketing director Jon Bennett.

Standard Life International is launching an online facility for its International Bond on AdviserZone, which will allow quick trades to be made on funds held within the wrapper.

A Conservative government would investigate early auto-enrolment proposals as a priority but has not ruled out scrapping Personal Accounts altogether, shadow work and pensions spokeswoman Theresa May says.

FSA intervention in the mortgage sector in the near future could deliver the wrong outcomes for consumers as the market is still not functioning normally, the CML warns.

Early trading saw the FTSE fall after reaching a 12-month high on Monday.

Customers can now earn Nectar points for buying Sainsbury's financial services products.

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Shadow chancellor George Osborne will today announce plans to raise the state pension age from 65 to 66 for men from 2016 if the Tories win the next election.

Whitechurch Securities has bought its first ETF, giving it a 10% exposure to natural gas prices in its higher risk Energy & Global Shift portfolio.