Regulatory levies for most IFA firms will rise by 4.8% in 2009/10 but this is well down on an anticipated 15% hike, the FSA confirmed today.

IFA The Money Portal (TMP) today revealed it is in exclusive talks about a possible takeover that it says "will enable the businesses to flourish".

F&C is changing the flexibility of the mandate on Dean Cheeseman's Multi-Manager Distribution fund from 1 August

OBSR has given A Ratings to the Allianz RCM BRIC Stars, Schroder Income Maximiser, and Templeton Emerging Markets Smaller Companies funds.

Paradigm Partners LLP, the compliance and business support provider, has confirmed details of its inaugural conference for Partner firms, due to take place in September.

Aviva today moved to quell growing unrest about its future distribution strategy by reiterating it has "no interest" in targeting advisers' existing clients.

IFAonline is launching the latest in its successful Ask The Experts series which will be based around SSAS (Small Self Administered Schemes).

The Bank of England (BoE) has revealed that lending in the UK rose slightly over April, with the increase in total net lending to individuals standing at £1.3bn - higher than the March increase of £0.7bn.

Nizam Hamid, head of sales strategy at iShares, discusses research that proves the difficulty of consistent outperformance in active management and the benefits of blending active and passive funds

Borrowers with the state-owned Bradford & Bingley (B&B) are defaulting on one in twenty mortgages and the failure rate is set to go even higher.