The Maidstone office of national financial advisory group Perspective Financial has achieved corporate chartered firm status.

Britons have increased the amount they are saving, and the best savers are young women, according to a quarterly savings survey released today.

Advisory firms' focus on higher net worth clientele following the Retail Distribution Review (RDR) will leave more room in the mass market for companies such as Towergate Financial, its chief executive said.

Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has won a court case defeating a widely-used scheme to avoid stamp duty land tax (SDLT).

Primetime Retirement has partnered with the Avelo Exchange portal in a bid to expand the distribution of its fixed term annuity offering.

The second financial services honesty dinner held on Monday night at London's Capital Club was, yet again, a colourful do.

Consumer body Which? has called for ‘desperately needed' reforms of the banking sector following research indicating widespread lack of trust among consumers.

The total contribution from the Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) toward clients of failed brokerage Pritchard Stockbrokers is likely to reach £4m, according to the group's administrator.

A law firm considering taking action against administrator Grant Thornton on behalf of former Honister Capital advisers has decided not to pursue the case.

Panacea chief executive Derek Bradley has written to business minister Michael Fallon urging him to consider the financial services sector in his radical new deregulation plan.