IFAs and SIPP operators are among 11 people arrested in connection with a suspected £2.5m pension fraud.

The US Treasury has boosted its tax information exchange arrangements with Switzerland by amending the US-Switzerland income tax treaty.

More borrowers chose fixed rates over variable rates in Q2 2009, according to Legal & General (L&G) .

Net mortgage lending of £2.3bn by the banks was the weakest monthly rise since early 2001, according to statistics from the British Bankers Association (BBA).

Changes to tax relief on pension contributions risk damaging pension saving in the UK, according to the Lords Finance Bill Committee.

The average number of live mortgage products available to intermediaries has fallen by 6.45% from April to 2,673 in May, according to the June TrigoldCrystal Product Index.

Professional advisers using wraps and platforms are being called upon to vote in the Platform Awards 2009.

Sesame will run free seminars to help mortgage advisers embed technology into their business to ensure they maximise the benefits of its preferred point of sale system, Mortgage Brain's The Key.

Peter Simon. backer of the company which has acquired the advisory businesses of The Money Portal (TMP) says its debt pile was too high to continue operating in today's market.

The future of overdraft fees paid by millions of customers could be decided after an appeal in the House of Lords this week, reports The BBC .