Towergate Financial has acquired Wetherby-based A1 Financial Services.

Unemployment rate has increased to 7.9% for the three months to October, up 0.1% on the quarter, according to latest figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).

IFA lobbying unit Adviser Alliance says the political momentum generated by the parliamentary debates on RDR presents the best opportunity to revise the Review and reveals it has received an offer to fund a judicial review into the lack of a time limit...

Transact has reduced its annual commission charged on investments as the wrap prepares to post an increase in profits for the year.

Two men working at Pacific Continental Securities, the stockbroker which collapsed last year contributing to a £58m interim levy on investment advisers, have been fined a total of £100,000 and banned from working in financial services for market abuse....

The FTSE has advanced to within touching distance of its 12-month high reached last month as M&A activity boosts the index in its last full trading week before Christmas.

Deputy governor of the Bank of England Charles Bean says another eurozone sovereign debt crisis could "derail" Britain's recovery, hitting businesses and households hard.

Fidelity says it is looking to include a "broader range" of platforms in its draft disclosure document as it seeks to create a consistent consensus across the industry.

Ian Lowes from Lowes Financial Management says it is time for a mind-shift on structured investments.

The chances of the euro breaking apart or disintegrating completely have been put at "one-in-five" by one of the UK's leading economics consultancies.