The FSA admits it is "possible" some of the costs of its professionalism requirements will be passed on to consumers, as it estimates the total one-off charge to advisers of meeting the rules could hit £225m.

Just 10% of Personal Finance Society (PFS) members intend to exit the advice market post-RDR, according to the organisation's latest research.

Goldman Sachs is lifting the £1m bonus cap imposed on its 100 London-based partners last year as the firm begins to hand out multi-million pound payouts to staff around the world.

The launch of a work-based RDR assessment that can be completed in a single day has sparked a new debate over the role and suitability of 'alternative' exams.

John Darwin, the ‘canoe man' who defrauded life insurance and pensions companies out of hundred of thousands of pounds, has been freed from jail.

Paul Whitehouse (SPOILER ALERT: He's a ghost) stars in the latest Aviva TV advert, this time plugging life cover. But does it work?

Pension providers have been told to make sure they encourage customers to shop around before offering them an annuity.

An RDR-ready qualification aimed at experienced advisers and which could take just one day to complete is set to be launched.

The FTSE has dipped 1% after a steady morning session as sentiment was hit following China's move to curb rising inflation in the country.

The Bank of England has maintained interest rates at 0.5% and kept its quantitative easing programme at £200bn.