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

The FSA has fined a former research analyst £50,000 for making misleading and inaccurate disclosures to clients through Bloomberg instant messenger.

Billions of pounds of banker bonuses may have been paid out "by mistake" as a result of miscalculations resulting from Britain's flawed accounting rules.

The government will today confirm the scrapping of the default retirement age (DRA) from April, meaning employers will no longer be able to dismiss staff when they turn 65.

A conman has pleaded guilty to carrying out a £14m ‘ponzi' scheme which defrauded 350 victims.

The government has claimed people on an average income reaching the state retirement age this year will gain £10,000 through their state pensions as a result of recent changes.

Advisers looking to find out more about their RDR gap fill options have been invited to a free Institute of Financial Planning (IFP) meeting.

George Osborne has told banks he will be forced into further action if they do not cooperate with the government on measures to curb bonuses.

Advisers are being urged to make the most of upheaval within the legal industry over the next year to forge links with solicitors.

Hornbuckle Mitchell will waive its transfer-in fees on full SIPP, single investment SIPP and flexible income pension plans (FIPP) for the first three months of this year.