Payment Protection Insurance (PPI) complainants received a total of £215m in redress in the first half of 2011, the Financial Services Authority (FSA) has revealed.

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Advisers who segment their client banks and cull those deemed unprofitable to the business ahead of the RDR may be opening themselves up to more compensation claims, according to Zurich's Richard Howells.

Riots in London and elsewhere may have dominated this week's national news agenda, but, in financial services at least, there was plenty else going on…

The UK's major banks remain on course to meet their targets for lending to businesses as part of their commitment to Project Merlin.

Global markets have rallied after a volatile day of trading following positive jobs data in the US.

The chancellor has called for greater fiscal integration in the eurozone and warned a break-up of the single currency would be "disastrous".

The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has warned investors against buying shares from cold callers claiming to be from Glencore International Plc.

Former threesixty director David Ingram has launched a support service for product manufacturers and fund management groups to help them prepare for the retail distribution review (RDR).

US markets have opened higher after a calmer atmosphere saw the FTSE 100 recover the day's losses.