A 'light-hearted' analysis of firms' preparedness for the Retail Distribution Review splits businesses into seven categories. So, what would you consider yours to be? An Albatross, Octopus or Mole?

Mark Hoban has insisted people on average to above average income are unattractive to the financial advice sector, and targeted this as the demographic for the Money Advice Service (MAS).

The quality of financial advice given by advisers in high street banks and building societies has come under fire after a mystery shop by consumer watchdog Which?

Financial secretary Mark Hoban has defended the Money Advice Service after a prominent peer launched an attack on pay levels at the organisation.

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has outlined how it will measure the success of the retail distribution review (RDR), presenting nine key indicators and setting baselines for the post-implementation review.

A former Lloyds TSB financial adviser, jailed earlier this year for stealing money from his children's school and clients, has been ordered to pay back his gains.

Sesame Bankhall Group chief executive George Higginson has warned the advisory community it risks having further unwanted reforms thrust upon it if it does not better represent itself.

Sesame will make a restricted proposition available to members from the middle of next year, built around its own platform and newly-created investment management arm.

This week: More publicity for income protection, the problem with investing in gilts and why mothers really do matter when it comes to pensions.

Single premium bonds could provide the solution to the rapidly-growing funding requirements needed for children going to university, according to one chartered financial planner.