The Association of Professional Financial Advisers (APFA) has praised a commitment by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to refund some of the costs of existing consumer credit licences (CCLs) to holders before they expire in April.

The chairman of Zurich insurance group has resigned days after the apparent suicide of chief financial officer Pierre Wauthier.

Prudential is to hold a series of financial planning seminars for advisers across the UK, to help them make better use of the wide range of tax allowances available without crossing the government's avoidance line.

The Bank of England (BoE) has told building society Nationwide that it is not allowed to hold back lending to small and medium-sized businesses (SME) as it tries to meet the regulator's new capital rules.

Advisory firm Skipton Financial Services (SFS) has set aside around £9m to cover costs associated with a review into its investment advice which identified documentation issues in a number of cases.

Forty Two Wealth Management principal Alan Dick has pledged to change the way he presents his proposition after research suggested consumers are more likely to commit to an offering if they have been offered a choice.

The chief financial officer of insurer Zurich Group was found dead at his home yesterday morning.

Advisers remain the preferred source of information for small firms when choosing a company pension, one year after the government's campaign for auto-enrolment first launched, new research suggests.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has written to advisers asking them why they failed to comply to its redress scheme rules in reporting back on the number of eligible Arch Cru claimants they had on their books.

Underwriting will become the "norm rather than the exception" in annuity business in the future, potentially creating a more varied pensions market, Prudential's head of business development has claimed.