The mortgage market is on the road to recovery after four months of sustained growth - but there are still less mortgages available than at the start of the year, according to moneysupermarket.com

The recent RDR consultation paper represents a 'common sense' set of proposals, says Transact head of marketing Malcolm Murray.

Perspective Financial Group today acquired Platinum Portfolios, marking the Wilmslow-based consolidator's final acquisition in 2009.

Sir Sandy Crombie, the retiring chief executive of Standard Life and a director of RBS, says the Chancellor's plans to cap bonuses at the bank is "troubling".

Legal & General is considering leaving Europe ahead of the introduction of European insurance framework Solvency II, The Telegraph reports.

BRITAIN'S economy will finally make it out of recession in the last quarter of 2009, but will perform much less strongly in each of the next three years than the Government is currently forecasting, the CBI will say today.

Six people have been charged with fraud relating to mortgage advances totalling nearly £50m, the Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has revealed.

Skandia UK is laying off three senior executives as part of a restructuring of the business.

Stephen Kavanagh has been appointed chief executive of AWD Chase de Vere with immediate effect.

The FTSE 100 recovered ground this morning after banking stocks took a battering following the Basel Committee's recommendation yesterday banks need to hold significantly more capital reserves to prevent another crisis.