There may be a 'home' for protection in the RDR's controversial 'sales advice' category, an influential market report suggests.

Structured product provider NDFA is withdrawing from the race for Keydata Investment Services (KIS), which went into administration earlier this week.

The West Bromwich Building Society has reached an agreement with debt-holders to boost its financial strength and avoid insolvency by converting of its £182.5m debt into equity.

The Chartered Institute of Taxation (CIOT) has welcomed HMRC's release of details of the forthcoming New Disclosure Opportunity (NDO).

Co-operation between regulators will be more effective than 'arbitrary' capital requirements on offshore subsidiaries or parents to mitigate 'risky' upstreaming practices, the Isle of Man (IOM) Government says.

A good friend and industry colleague recently noted very few things still surprise him these days in financial services.

Some of the UK's largest hedge funds could bid Britain farewell unless the draft EU Alternatives Directive is "drastically modified," according to regulatory and consultancy firm Laven Partners.

The number of advisers planning to exit the market completely as a result of the RDR and fresh capital adequacy requirements is rapidly decreasing, a survey suggests.

Britain is preparing to suspend the constitution of the Turks and Caicos Islands as a long-awaited inquiry is expected to find evidence that the country has been plagued by endemic corruption.

BlackRock has agreed to buy Barclays Global Investors (BGI), including its exchange traded fund platform iShares, in a cash and shares deal worth $13.5bn (£8.15bn).