IFA network Sesame is stepping up calls for the introduction of a licensing system for advisers enabling those less qualified to continue practicing after 2012.

Mortgage completions rose 16% to 35,600 in April, according to the latest data from the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML).

Zurich is bidding to assist advisers changing their clients' pension arrangements by launching a 'Pensions HelpPoint'.

The recession has come to end, according to one of the nation's most respected economic think-tanks.

Jupiter is launching its Japan Select Sicav next month for Simon Somerville.

SimplyBiz has opened up its New Model Business Academy (NMBA) to the whole of the financial services market and those looking to begin a career in the profession.

The FTSE 100 has struggled upon opening this morning, dragged lower by the resources sector.

Home information packs (HIPs) are hindering market recovery and deterring homeowners from putting their properties up for sale, a study suggests.

Unusually, my last blog was rather prescient. I had bemoaned structures' lack of availability on platforms and predicted this regrettable impediment to growth was poised to change.

Focus Solutions Group, the technology provider, has posted a 27% profit increase for the year ended 31 March 2009.