Rowanmoor's Mark Lisle says the regulator and the national team both lack confidence, commitment and leadership.

The departure of Brett Williams, the very public face and driving force behind a revitalised Cofunds, has shocked the platform world.

I'm sure many of you, like me, are still feeling a bit raw after England's departure from the World Cup.

Phoenix Group, the "zombie" life fund business formerly known as Pearl, is keen to raise cash from its £10bn book of annuity policies.

Equitable Life has appointed BlackRock to provide investment and risk management services for its 400,000 policyholders and group scheme members.

Warren Buffett's annual donation to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation rose with the value of Berkshire Hathaway stock this year by 30% to around $1.62bn.

Board members of the Personal Accounts Delivery Authority (PADA) could have received up to £720,000 in the 2009/2010 financial year.

Advisers and consumer groups are calling on the FSA to reveal the identity of the two with-profits providers this week referred to its enforcement division.

Lloyds is to slash 650 jobs across the UK with insurance and back office-based staff in Nottingham and Chester hardest hit.

First Complete chief executive Gerry O'Brien has left the network with immediate effect.