Demand for equity release products will surge in the coming years as the baby boom generation begins to retire, says Almary Green.

Alan Lakey is lobbying his MP in an effort to take Lord Myners "to task" for misleading parliament about reasons for the lack of a long-stop for advisers.

The FSA and US Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to support more robust cooperation between the two regulators.

Novia has appointed Hawksmoor to its panel of discretionary fund managers.

The Dow Jones has made early gains in trading as investors await the Fed's rate decision tomorrow and a possible extension of its quantitative easing programme.

The FSA has appointed Gerard Lemos as chairman of the new Consumer Financial Education Body (CFEB).

Consumers are not reaping the benefits of historically low interest rates as banks look to buffer their capital reserves in light of the financial crisis, says the Bank of England.

Lighthouse Group has posted an 11% increase in revenues for the six months to June 30 2010, boosted by an improvement in investor confidence.

The Competition Commission (CC) and the Office of Fair Trading could merge into a single body.

Ascentric has unveiled plans to develop a white-label service giving IFAs a direct to consumer platform based around the Hargreaves Lansdown model by next year.