Research and ratings group Rayner Spencer Mills Research (RSMR) has launched a range of model portfolios for directly authorised small advisory firms.

The Conservative Party will promise a £1bn fund for building 400,000 new properties on brownfield sites as part of two big housing announcements in its manifesto unveiled later today.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has warned of a scam firm using the details of investment manager BlackRock to defraud investors.

The Personal Finance Society (PFS) is in discussions with the regulator and government to introduce additional safeguards to defined benefit (DB) pension transfers where the client wants to act against the advice they received.

TISA, the British Bankers Association (BBA) and the British Societies Association (BSA) have published guidelines explaining how ISAs can be passed on tax free upon death.

Just Retirement has launched a simplified advice service for providers to offer to their clients at the point of retirement.

A takeover deal between equity release specialist Bower Retirement Services and IFA Sixty Plus has been dropped after the advice firm decided to pull out.

The Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) will soon protect the total value of people's annuities, it has confirmed.

UK Independence Party (UKIP) candidate Nick Lincoln has outlined his wish to cut financial regulation in the UK by ridding it of EU influence.

An IFA standing for the UK Independence Party (UKIP) at this year's general election has said financial education and the provision of quality advice to the mass market will form part of his campaign ahead of the publication of the party's manifesto next...